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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 ...
In Molvi Tamizuddin Khan case, the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Munir backed Governor General Ghulam Mohammad's action to dissolve the first Constitutional Assembly. This judgement of Supreme Court is always strongly criticized by all democratic parties of Pakistan and is referred as a root cause of unstable democracy in Pakistan.
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.
As the province of West Pakistan was dissolved in 1970, three high courts were established: Lahore High Court, Peshawar High Court, and Sind and Balochistan High Court (with its principal seat at Karachi). [6] In 1976 the Sindh and Balochistan High Court was split into the High Court of Sind (Karachi) and the High Court of Balochistan (Quetta). [7]
The Supreme Court building on Constitution Avenue, Islamabad. The Supreme Court of Pakistan is the highest and apex court in the judicial hierarchy of Pakistan. [1] Its judicial membership currently composed of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and fifteen senior justices, also consisting the ad hoc appointments of the Shariat Appellate. [2]
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 .
All supreme court advocates are required to be members of the Supreme Court Bar Association in order to plead the cases before the court.: 1–2 [104] Formed and established in 1989, the Bar comprises the supreme court lawyers who are elected from all over the country and is aimed to uphold the rule of law, cause of justice and protect the ...
From 1980 to 2011, District Judiciary was under the control of supervision of Lahore High Court, Lahore. Under the 18th amendment of the Constitution, the Islamabad High Court was established and it was also given the supervision over District Judiciary Islamabad. [3] In 2012, two Judicial districts were divided into East and West: