High Courts

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constitutional court superior court

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

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
High Courts of Pakistan	0
High Courts of the States	1
State High Courts	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ superior court ⓘ
appealFrom	Civil Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ District and Sessions Courts NERFINISHED ⓘ Special Courts and Tribunals NERFINISHED ⓘ
appealTo	Supreme Court of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentOfJudgesBy	President of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointmentProcessInvolves	Judicial Commission of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliamentary Committee on Judges Appointment NERFINISHED ⓘ
BalochistanHighCourtJurisdiction	Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamabad High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Lahore High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Peshawar High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ Sindh High Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
independenceGuaranteedBy	Constitution of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
IslamabadHighCourtJurisdiction	Islamabad Capital Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Islamabad Capital Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ provinces of Pakistan ⓘ
LahoreHighCourtJurisdiction	Punjab NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
legalSystem	legal system of Pakistan ⓘ
numberOfCourts	5 ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
PeshawarHighCourtJurisdiction	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
reviewOfAdministrativeAction	yes ⓘ
SindhHighCourtJurisdiction	Sindh NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Supreme Court of Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfCourt	court of record ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Constitution of Pakistan 1962 → providedFor → High Courts ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: High Courts of the States

Magistrates’ Courts → appealsGoTo → High Courts ⓘ

subject surface form: Magistrates’ Courts (Nigeria)

this entity surface form: State High Courts