District Courts of Pakistan

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court system trial court

The District Courts of Pakistan are the primary trial courts at the district level that handle civil and criminal cases under the country’s judicial system.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
district courts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court system ⓘ trial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	District and Sessions Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsFrom	Civil Judge Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Magistrate Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealsTo	High Courts of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
canTry	civil suits of higher pecuniary value ⓘ offences punishable with death ⓘ offences punishable with life imprisonment ⓘ serious criminal offences ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ
employs	Additional District and Sessions Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Judges ⓘ District and Sessions Judges NERFINISHED ⓘ Judicial Magistrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedUnder	Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	adjudication of civil disputes ⓘ execution of decrees and sentences ⓘ trial of criminal offences ⓘ
governedBy	federal laws of Pakistan ⓘ provincial laws of Pakistan ⓘ
handles	civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
headedBy	District and Sessions Judge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hears	commercial disputes ⓘ criminal trials under Pakistan Penal Code ⓘ family law cases ⓘ property disputes ⓘ
jurisdiction	district level ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Urdu NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
levelInHierarchy	primary trial court level ⓘ
location	each administrative district of Pakistan ⓘ
mayExercise	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ original jurisdiction ⓘ revisional jurisdiction ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	High Courts of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	primary forum for access to justice at local level ⓘ
subjectTo	supervisory jurisdiction of High Courts ⓘ
subordinateTo	High Courts of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
supervises	Civil Judge Courts ⓘ Judicial Magistrate Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Subordinate judiciary of Azad Jammu and Kashmir → hasComponent → District Courts of Pakistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: district courts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir