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Lahore High Court Sindh High Court A Corner View of the Balochistan High Court Building, Quetta, Pakistan. There is a high court for the Islamabad Capital Territory and four provincial high courts. A high court is the principal court of its province. [1] The Lahore High Court in Lahore, Punjab, [10] with circuit benches at Bahawalpur, Multan ...
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The Pakistan Penal Code (Urdu: مجموعہ تعزیرات پاکستان; Majmū'ah-yi ta'zīrāt-i Pākistān), abbreviated as PPC, is a penal code for all offences charged in Pakistan. It was originally prepared by Lord Macaulay with a great consultation in 1860 on behalf of the Government of British India as the Indian Penal Code.
The Lahore High Court (Urdu: عدالتِ عالیہ لاہور) is a provincial court house based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1882. [ 1 ] The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over the province of Punjab .
The Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 was approved by the Parliament of Pakistan on 10 April 2023. The proposed law suggests that a panel formed by a Committee consisting of the most senior judges, led by the Chief Justice of Pakistan , will handle and conclude all cases, appeals, or issues presented before the Supreme Court . [ 1 ]
The Supreme Court is empowered to frame its own rules for the purpose of regulating the practice and procedure of the Court. [97] When the cases are determined as their final rulings, the jurists deliver their rulings in an open court, either at once or by announcing a future date to the concerned parties through their advocates upon writing ...
During the reign of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, elements of Islamic Sharia law were incorporated into Pakistani law, leading to the institution of a Federal Shariat Court (FSC). In some Federally and Provincially Administered Tribal Areas [(FATA) and (PATA)], a system of law employing traditional methods, which persists at the local level.
Each town and city now has a court of additional district and sessions judge, which possesses equal authority over its jurisdiction. When it is hearing criminal cases it is called sessions court and when it is hearing civil cases it becomes a district court. Executive matters are brought before the relevant district and sessions judge.