High Courts of Pakistan

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judicial institution superior court

The High Courts of Pakistan are the country’s provincial-level superior courts that hear major civil and criminal appeals and supervise the lower judiciary within their respective jurisdictions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
High Courts of Pakistan canonical	8
provincial courts of Pakistan	1
provincial high courts of Pakistan	1
superior courts of Pakistan	1
superior judiciary of Pakistan	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial institution ⓘ superior court ⓘ
appointmentAuthority	President of Pakistan ⓘ
appointmentProcessInvolves	Judicial Commission of Pakistan ⓘ Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment ⓘ
areBoundBy	precedents of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
canDeclare	laws ultra vires the Constitution within their jurisdiction ⓘ
canIssue	directions to lower courts ⓘ writ of certiorari ⓘ writ of habeas corpus ⓘ writ of mandamus ⓘ writ of prohibition ⓘ writ of quo warranto ⓘ
canTransfer	cases between subordinate courts within their jurisdiction ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
deriveAuthorityFrom	Article 175 of the Constitution of Pakistan ⓘ
ensure	superintendence and control over all courts subordinate to them ⓘ uniform application of law within their jurisdiction ⓘ
exercisePower	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction in specified matters ⓘ writ jurisdiction ⓘ
handle	constitutional petitions ⓘ election-related petitions ⓘ service matters appeals ⓘ
haveConstitutionalBasis	Constitution of Pakistan (1973) ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Pakistan
havePower	contempt of court jurisdiction ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of the respective High Court ⓘ
hears	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
include	Balochistan High Court ⓘ Islamabad High Court ⓘ Lahore High Court ⓘ Peshawar High Court ⓘ Sindh High Court ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel	provincial ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
oversee	subordinate judiciary within their province or territory ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Judiciary of Pakistan
protect	fundamental rights within their jurisdiction ⓘ
review	administrative actions of public authorities ⓘ
roleIn	judicial review in Pakistan ⓘ
serveAs	courts of record ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of Pakistan ⓘ
supervise	civil courts in Pakistan ⓘ criminal courts in Pakistan ⓘ district courts in Pakistan ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Supreme Court of Pakistan → oversees → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

Constitution of Pakistan (1973) → establishesCourt → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

Provinces of Pakistan → haveJudiciary → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: provincial high courts of Pakistan

judicial branch of Pakistan → hasPart → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy → enforcedBy → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: superior judiciary of Pakistan

Fundamental Rights and Principles of Policy → enforcedBy → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

The Judicature → covers → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: superior courts of Pakistan

The Judicature → regulates → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

The Judicature → appliesTo → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: provincial courts of Pakistan

Article 175A of the Constitution of Pakistan → appliesTo → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

Judicial Commission of Pakistan → relatedTo → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan → relatedTo → High Courts of Pakistan ⓘ