Judicial Statistics of Pakistan 2002
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Judicial Statistics of Pakistan 2002 Annual Reports of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court & the Provincial High Courts NATIONAL JUDICIAL POLICY MAKING COMMITTEE 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. Tel: 051-9220483 Fax: 051-9214416 email: [email protected]. Contents 1 FOREWORD 1 2 SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 5 2.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice of Pakistan ....................... 5 2.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 7 2.2.1 Court Performance During the Year 2002 .................... 7 2.2.2 Distribution of Work: The Principal Seat of the Court and Branch Registries 8 Statatement of Court Sessions, 2002 at Principal Seat, Islamabad ...... 8 Branch Registry, Lahore ............................. 10 Branch Registry, Karachi ............................. 11 Branch Registry, Peshawar ............................ 11 Branch Registry, Quetta ............................. 11 2.2.3 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases During the Year 2002 .12 2.2.4 Some Visible Trends ............................... 22 Analysis of the Pending Balance ......................... 27 Pending Balance According to Age of Cases as on 31-12-2002 ......... 29 Data for the Last Five Decades: Increase in Institution of Cases as Compared to Increase in the Number of Judges ................. 30 2.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 35 2.3.1 Expenditure During the Last Financial Year 2001–2002 ............ 35 2.3.2 Budgetary Allocation for the Year 2002–2003 ................. 36 2.3.3 The Share of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Federal Budget ..... 37 3 FEDERAL SHARIAT COURT 41 3.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice of the Federal Shariat Court .............. 41 3.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 43 3.2.1 Category-wise Consolidated Position During the Year 2002 .......... 43 3.2.2 Consolidated Position at Principal Seat and Bench Registries During the Year 2002 ........................................ 43 3.2.3 Consolidated Position for Criminal Matters at the Principal Seat and Bench Registries During the Year 2002 ......................... 44 3.2.4 Category-wise Consolidated Position for Criminal Matters During the Year 2002 ........................................ 45 3.2.5 Consolidated Position for Shariat Matters at the Principal Seat and Bench Registries During the Year 2002 ......................... 46 3.2.6 Category-wise Consolidated Position for Shariat Matters During the Year 2002 47 3.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 48 4 LAHORE HIGH COURT 53 4.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice Lahore High Court ................... 53 4.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 55 4.2.1 Consolidated Statement for the Lahore High Court from 1990 to 2002 showing Institution, Disposal and Pending Balance of Cases .............. 55 i 4.2.2 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before the Lahore High Court at its Principal Seat and Benches from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ..................................... 56 4.2.3 Consolidated Statistics from the Districts .................... 58 4.2.4 Case Category-wise Statistics from the Districts: Sessions Dvision ...... 60 4.2.5 Case Category-wise Statistics from the Districts: Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates .................................... 75 4.2.6 Court-wise Statistics from the Districts: Sessions Dvision ........... 88 4.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 124 4.3.1 Budget Allocation for the Financial Year 2002-2003 under head of account no.21000-Justice Law Courts 21105-High Court ................ 124 4.3.2 Budget Allocation for the Financial Year 2002-2003 Under Head of Account No.11-21000–Justice Law Courts—21106–Session Courts ........... 126 4.3.3 Budget Allocation for the Financial Year 2002-2003 Under Head of Account No.11-21000–Justice Law Courts—21106–Civil Courts ............. 136 5 HIGH COURT OF SINDH 147 5.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sindh ............... 147 5.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 149 5.2.1 Consolidated Statistics for the High Court of Sindh .............. 149 5.2.2 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Principal Seat at Karachi ....... 151 5.2.3 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Sukkur Bench at Sukkur ........ 155 5.2.4 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court at Hyderabad ...... 158 5.2.5 Statistics for the High Court of Sindh Circuit Court at Larkana ....... 161 5.2.6 The Subordinate Judiciary of Sindh ....................... 164 5.2.7 Consolidated Statistics for the Subordinate Judiciary of the Province of Sindh 164 5.2.8 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 .......... 177 5.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 186 5.3.1 Annual Budget of the High Court ........................ 186 5.3.2 Budget of the Sessions Division (Collective and for each Sessions Division) . 188 6PESHAWARHIGHCOURT 197 6.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court .................. 197 6.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 198 6.2.1 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before the Peshawar High Court at its Principal Seat and Benches from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ................................... 198 6.2.2 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before the Peshawar High Court at its Principal Seat from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 199 6.2.3 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before the Peshawar High Court Abbotabad Bench from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 . 202 6.2.4 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance before the Peshawar High Court Dera Ismail Khan Bench from 01-01-2002 to 31-12- 2002 ........................................ 204 6.2.5 Consolidated Statements showing the institution, disposal and balance per Judicial Position in All Districts from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ....... 205 ii 6.2.6 Consolidated Statements showing the Case-Wise institution, disposal and bal- ance for District & Sessions Courts from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 ...... 215 6.2.7 Consolidated Statements showing the Case-Wise institution, disposal and bal- ance for Civil Judges & Judicial Magistrates from 01-01-2002 to 31-12-2002 . 219 6.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 223 6.3.1 The Budget for the Year 2001–02 and 2002–03 ................. 223 7 HIGH COURT OF BALOCHISTAN 227 7.1 Foreword by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Balochistan ........... 227 7.2 Judicial Statistics ..................................... 229 7.2.1 Consolidated Statement for High Court of Balochistan ............ 229 7.2.2 High Court of Balochistan, Principal Seat at Quetta: Statement Showing Category-wise Pendency, Institution and Disposal of Cases for the Year, 2002 230 7.2.3 High Court of Balochistan, Bench at Sibi: Statement Showing Category-wise Pendency, Institution and Disposal of Cases for the Year, 2002 ........ 231 7.2.4 Consolidated Statement for the Entire Subordinate Judiciary of Balochistan 232 7.2.5 Statement Showing Category-wise Pendency, Institution and Disposal of Cases for the Subordinate Judiciary for the Year, 2002 ............ 233 7.2.6 Consolidated Statement for Sessions Courts Balochistan ........... 234 7.2.7 Consolidated Statement for Civil Judges, Judicial Magistrates and Qazis . 235 7.2.8 District-wise Consolidated Statements for the Subordinate Judiciary ..... 236 7.2.9 District-wise Consolidated Statements for the Courts of Sessions Judges ... 241 7.2.10 District-wise Consolidated Statements for Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates244 7.2.11 Data for Majlis-e-Shoora and Qazis for the year 2002 ............. 249 7.2.12 Case category-wise Pendendency for the Subordinate Judiciary for the Year 2002 ........................................ 252 7.3 Budgetary Statistics ................................... 256 iii 1 FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure to publish the report on the Judicial Statistics of Pakistan. The present report includes statistics for the Superior Courts, namely the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court and 4 High Courts. The report in future is intended to include statistics on all the Superior Courts, the Subordinate Courts, Special Courts and Administrative Tribunals functioning in the country. It goes without saying that the publication of such a report is a pioneering effort in the entire South Asian region. The main idea behind the publication of annual reports is to show how the Courts in the country are striving to provide to the public greater and swift access to justice. It is through these reports that the Courts, while working with limited resources and in the face of ever-emerging problems, present a measure of their performance. In addition to this, the reports provide vital data to all stakeholders, who may wish to participate in enhancing the performance of the courts through their ideas and suggestions. Finally, the reports are an important source for researchers, who may wish to understand