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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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