High Courts

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High Courts are superior judicial bodies in Pakistan’s legal system that primarily hear appeals and constitutional matters within their respective provinces.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
High Courts canonical 1
High Courts of the States 1
State High Courts 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court
superior court
appealFrom Civil Courts
District and Sessions Courts
Special Courts and Tribunals
appealTo Supreme Court of Pakistan
appointmentOfJudgesBy President of Pakistan
appointmentProcessInvolves Judicial Commission of Pakistan
Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment
BalochistanHighCourtJurisdiction Balochistan
bindingPrecedentFor subordinate courts within their jurisdiction
caseTypes civil cases
constitutional petitions
criminal cases
writ petitions
composition Chief Justice and other judges
constitutionalBasis Constitution of Pakistan
constitutionalProvision Article 192 of the Constitution of Pakistan
Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan
country Pakistan
headedBy Chief Justice of High Court
includes Balochistan High Court
Islamabad High Court
Lahore High Court
Peshawar High Court
Sindh High Court
independenceGuaranteedBy Constitution of Pakistan
IslamabadHighCourtJurisdiction Islamabad Capital Territory
linked to: Islamabad
jurisdiction Islamabad Capital Territory
linked to: Islamabad

provinces of Pakistan
LahoreHighCourtJurisdiction Punjab
languageOfProceedings English
Urdu
legalSystem legal system of Pakistan
numberOfCourts 5
partOf Judiciary of Pakistan
PeshawarHighCourtJurisdiction Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
power interpret the Constitution
issue writs
strike down unconstitutional laws
superintendence over subordinate courts
primaryFunction adjudicate constitutional matters
exercise judicial review
hear appeals from subordinate courts
removalOfJudgesBy Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan
reviewOfAdministrativeAction yes
SindhHighCourtJurisdiction Sindh
subordinateTo Supreme Court of Pakistan
typeOfCourt court of record

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States distinctFrom High Courts of the States
linked to: High Courts
Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria) appealsGoTo State High Courts
subject linked to: Magistrates’ Courts
linked to: High Courts