Paul Coir (Pvt) Ltd. v. Waas – sllr 2002 volume 1 page 013

In the case between PAUL COIR (PVT) LTD and WAAS, the court addressed the validity of a registered attorney’s appointment by proxy where initial defects were present. It was held that such defects can be remedied if a subsequent, compliant proxy is filed and ratifies previous acts, emphasizing the principle that the intention and later ratification may cure formal defects in company proxies. The decision applied section 27 of the Civil Procedure Code and section 34(1)(a) of the Companies Act, determining these provisions as directory rather than mandatory. Precedent was relied upon to clarify that formal technicalities should not override substantive justice, and the result reaffirmed that ratification validates earlier procedural defects, with orders of lower courts set aside and costs aw