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High Court of Sindh THIS PAGE BLANK High Court of Sindh Annual Report 2002 c 2003 National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee This Annual Report is published by the Secretariat of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan This report can be viewed at the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan website http://www.ljcp.com.pk. Comments and sugges- tions may be sent to the Secretariat of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Supreme Court Building, Islamabad. Contents 1 FOREWORD BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE 1 2 INTRODUCTION 3 2.1 History of the High Court of Sindh ........................... 3 2.2 The High Court of Sindh at Present ........................... 4 2.3 The Principal Seat of the High Court and Court Buildings .............. 4 2.4 Jurisdiction ........................................ 5 2.4.1 Original Jurisdiction ............................... 5 2.4.2 Appellate Jurisdiction .............................. 5 2.4.3 General ...................................... 5 2.4.4 Other Courts ................................... 5 Civil. ........................................ 5 Criminal. ..................................... 5 Special Courts and Tribunals. .......................... 6 2.5 List of Judges ....................................... 6 2.6 Bio Data of Mr. Justice Saiyed Saeed Ashhad, Chief Justice High Court of Sindh .. 8 2.7 Judges of the High Court of Sindh ............................ 10 3 SIGNIFICANT JUDGEMENTS OF THE COURT 23 3.1 Shehri & Others v. Province of Sindh & others (SBLR 2002 Sindh 710) ....... 23 3.2 Riaz-ur-Rehman Khan v. Lufthansa German Airlines, Quaid-e-Azam International Airport, Karachi (PLD 2002 Karachi 434) ....................... 28 3.3 Associated Biscuits International Limited v. English Biscuits Manufacturers (Pvt.) Ltd. (EBM) & Others (2003 CLD 815) ......................... 37 4 THE HIGH COURT OF SINDH—JUDICIAL ACTIVITY 55 4.1 Consolidated Statistics for the High Court of Sindh .................. 55 4.1.1 Consolidated Statement for the High Court of Sindh from 1996 to 2002 show- ing Institution, Disposal and Pending Balance of Cases ............ 55 4.1.2 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before High Court of Sindh, Principal Seat at Karachi, its Bench at Sukkur and Circuit Courts at Hyderabad and Larkana from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 .. 56 4.2 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Principal Seat at Karachi ........... 57 4.2.1 Year-wise Pendency of Cases for the High Court of Sindh Principal Seat at Karachi as on 31-12-2002 ............................. 57 4.2.2 Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance of Pending Cases for the Principal Seat at Karachi as on 31-12-2002 ................... 58 4.3 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Sukkur Bench at Sukkur ............ 61 4.3.1 Year-wise Pendency of Cases for the High Court of Sindh Sukkur Bench at Sukkur as on 31-12-2002 ............................. 61 4.3.2 Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Pending Balance for the High Court of Sindh Bench at Sukkur From 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ........... 62 4.4 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court at Hyderabad .......... 64 4.4.1 Year-wise Pendency of Cases for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court Hy- derabad as on 31-12-2002 ............................. 64 i 4.4.2 Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court Hyderabad From 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ........... 65 4.5 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court at Larkana ........... 67 4.5.1 Year-wise Pendency of Cases for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court Larkana as on 31-12-2002 ............................ 67 4.5.2 Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance of Cases for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court Larkana From 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ........ 68 5 THE SUBORDINATE JUDICIARY OF SINDH—JUDICIAL ACTIVITY 73 5.1 Consolidated Statistics for the Subordinate Judiciary of the Province of Sindh ... 73 5.1.1 Consolidated Statements Showing the District-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance of Pending Cases for the Subordinate Judiciary of the Province of Sindh from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ...................... 73 5.1.2 Consolidated Statement Showing the Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance of Pending Civil and Family Cases for the Sessions Courts in Sindh From 01-1-2002 TO 31-12-2002 ......................... 75 5.1.3 Consolidated Statement Showing the Category-wise Institution, Disposal and Balance of Pending Civil and Family Cases for the Courts of Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates in Sindh From 01-01-2002 TO 31-12-2002 ........ 78 5.1.4 Criminal Cases Pending Before the District & Subordinate Courts According to Age of Cases—Instituted Prior to 1985 ................... 81 5.1.5 Criminal Cases Pending Before the District & Subordinate Courts According to Age of Cases—Instituted After 1984 ..................... 83 5.1.6 Pending Balances According to Districts Including Small Causes Court ... 85 5.2 Statistics for the Subordinate Judiciary of the Province of Sindh for the Period 01- 01-2002 to 31-12-03—Districts and Small Causes Court ................ 86 6 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 97 6.1 List of Officers of High Court of Sindh at Karachi ................... 97 6.2 Branches with their work: Administrative Offices of High Court ........... 98 6.2.1 Brief Introduction of the Offices of High Court ................. 98 6.3 The Registrar and Members of the Inspection Team .................. 99 6.4 Complaints Against Judicial Officers and Action Taken ................ 100 6.5 Organisational Charts for the High Court of Sindh and the Subordinate Judiciary . 101 6.6 Organisational Charts of Typical Sessions Divisions and Small Causes Courts .... 106 6.6.1 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division .............. 106 6.6.2 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Small Causes Court . 106 6.6.3 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Karachi South ..... 107 6.6.4 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division Small–Karachi West . 107 6.6.5 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Karachi East ..... 108 6.6.6 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division Small–Karachi Central . 108 6.6.7 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Malir .......... 109 6.6.8 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Thatta ......... 109 6.6.9 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Hyderabad ....... 110 6.6.10 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Badin ......... 110 6.6.11 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Dadu .......... 111 6.6.12 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Mithi .......... 111 6.6.13 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Mirpurkhas ...... 112 ii 6.6.14 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Sanghar ........ 112 6.6.15 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Naushero Feroze .... 113 6.6.16 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Nawabshah ...... 113 6.6.17 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Sukkur ......... 114 6.6.18 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Khairpur ........ 114 6.6.19 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Ghotki ......... 115 6.6.20 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Larkana ........ 115 6.6.21 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Shikarpur ....... 116 6.6.22 Organisational Chart of a Typical Sessions Division—Jacobabad ....... 116 6.7 Establishment strength of High Court (vacancy-wise sanctioned and actual strength) 117 6.8 Establishment strength of Sessions Divisions (vacancy-wise sanctioned and actual strength for each Sessions Division) ........................... 120 7COURTBUDGETS 123 7.1 Annual Budget of the High Court ............................ 123 7.2 Budget of the Sessions Division (Collective and for each Sessions Division) ..... 125 8 SUBORDINATE COURTS—SANCTIONED STRENGTH 135 8.1 Number of Subordinate Courts ............................. 135 8.2 Number of Judicial Officers of Subordinate Courts ................... 136 9 HIGH COURT OF SINDH LIBRARY 139 9.1 Library Branch of High Court of Sindh ......................... 139 9.2 Library Services ...................................... 139 10 HIGH COURT OF SINDH AUTOMATION PLAN 139 11 SINDH MEDIATION CENTRE 145 12 SINDH JUDICIAL ACADEMY 151 12.1 Functions of the Academy ................................ 151 12.2 Teachers/Professors in the Academy .......................... 151 12.3 The Trainees ....................................... 151 12.4 Method of Training .................................... 152 iii THIS PAGE BLANK iv 1 FOREWORD (In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful) It is the matter of great pleasure for me that the Annual Report of the High Court of Sindh and the Subordinate Judiciary for the year 2002, is being published. It is the revival of a practice that was discontinued long ago for no obvious reasons. This report contains, the performance of the High Court of Sindh, its Principal Seat at Karachi, the Circuit Bench at Sukkur and the Circuit Courts at Hyderabad and Larkana as well as the performance of the Subordinate Judiciary. The performance of these Courts is reflected in the various forms and proformas included in the Report along with the analysis of the data presented in graphical form. Besides the figure of cases as to pendency, institution and disposal during the year 2002, the Report also contains history of High Court of Sindh as well as a brief introduction to the present day
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