Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States

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Islamic law appellate court court judicial body

The Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States are Islamic law appellate courts within Nigeria’s state-level judicial systems, primarily handling appeals in matters of personal and family law for Muslims.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)	3
Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States canonical	3
Sharia Courts of Appeal (Nigeria)	1
Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States (in matters of appointments and discipline)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic law appellate court ⓘ court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem	Islamic personal law ⓘ Sharia law ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy	Governor of the state ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf	National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
canReview	decisions of Area Courts applying Islamic law ⓘ decisions of lower Sharia courts on questions of Islamic law ⓘ
compositionIncludes	Grand Kadi ⓘ Kadies ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Chapter VII of the Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Section 275 of the Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
distinctFrom	Customary Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ Federal Shariat Court ⓘ surface form: Federal Sharia Court of Appeal High Courts ⓘ surface form: High Courts of the States
establishedBy	laws of the respective Nigerian states ⓘ
function	correction of errors in the application of Sharia by lower courts ⓘ interpretation and application of Islamic personal law in the state ⓘ
governedBy	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
handles	appeals from lower Sharia courts ⓘ appeals in Islamic personal status matters ⓘ appeals in divorce matters for Muslims ⓘ appeals in guardianship matters for Muslims ⓘ appeals in inheritance matters for Muslims ⓘ appeals in legitimacy and custody matters for Muslims ⓘ appeals in marriage matters for Muslims ⓘ appeals in waqf (endowment) matters for Muslims ⓘ
headedBy	qadis ⓘ surface form: Grand Kadi of the State Sharia Court of Appeal
higherAppealLiesTo	Court of Appeal of Nigeria on specified questions ⓘ
integratedInto	plural legal system of Nigeria ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nigerian states that have established Sharia Courts of Appeal ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
legalScope	Islamic civil matters within their jurisdiction ⓘ family law for Muslims ⓘ personal law for Muslims ⓘ
legalSourcesInclude	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an Sunnah ⓘ classical Islamic juristic texts ⓘ state Sharia court laws and procedural rules ⓘ
levelOfCourt	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
mayExercise	original jurisdiction in limited matters as provided by state law ⓘ
mayUseLanguage	Arabic for religious texts and authorities ⓘ
partOf	state judiciary of Nigeria ⓘ
primaryUsers	Muslim population of the relevant state ⓘ
subjectTo	oversight of the National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ
targetGroup	persons who profess the Islamic faith within the state ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Judiciary of Nigeria → hasCourt → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

State High Courts of Nigeria → coexistsWith → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

Customary Courts of Appeal of the States → distinctFrom → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

Sharia Courts → hasAppealTo → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)

Sharia Courts → subjectToReviewBy → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)

Sharia Courts → relatedTo → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

subject surface form: Sharia Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Court of Appeal (Nigeria)

National Judicial Council → oversees → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

subject surface form: National Judicial Council (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States (in matters of appointments and discipline)

Area Courts → distinguishedFrom → Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States ⓘ

subject surface form: Area Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: Sharia Courts of Appeal (Nigeria)