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Supreme Court of Pakistan Annual Report 2003 Supreme Court of Pakistan Annual Report 2003 THIS PAGE BLANK Supreme Court of Pakistan Annual Report 2003 c 2004 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 Supreme Court website http://www.scp.com.pk as well as at the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan webste http://www.ljcp.com.pk. Comments and suggestions may be sent to the Secretariat of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Supreme Court Building, Islamabad. Tel: 051-9220483, 051-9214797 Fax: 051-9214416 email: [email protected]. Contents 1 FOREWORD BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF PAKISTAN 1 2 THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 5 2.1 Introduction ........................................ 5 2.1.1 The Supreme Court of Pakistan ......................... 5 2.1.2 Construction of Phase II of Supreme Court Building at Islamabad ...... 6 2.1.3 Registry Building, Peshawar ........................... 6 2.1.4 Automation Plan ................................. 6 2.2 Jurisdiction of the Court ................................. 7 2.2.1 Original Jurisdiction ............................... 7 2.2.2 Appellate Jurisdiction .............................. 7 2.2.3 Advisory Jurisdiction ............................... 8 2.2.4 Review Jurisdiction ................................ 8 2.2.5 Appellate Jurisdiction against Judgements of Federal Shariat Court ..... 8 2.2.6 Power to Transfer Cases ............................. 8 2.2.7 Decision of the Supreme Court binding on other Courts ............ 8 2.2.8 Issue and Execution of Process of the Supreme Court ............. 9 2.2.9 Rule Making Powers ............................... 9 2.3 Role and Functions of the Chief Justice ......................... 9 2.4 Seat of the Court and Branch Registries ........................ 13 2.4.1 The Principal Seat ................................ 13 2.4.2 The Branch Registry at Lahore ......................... 13 2.4.3 The Branch Registry at Karachi ......................... 13 2.4.4 The Branch Registry at Peshawar ........................ 14 2.4.5 The Branch Registry at Quetta ......................... 14 2.5 Supreme Court Composition 2003 ............................ 15 2.5.1 The Chief Justices ................................ 15 2.5.2 The Judges of the Court ............................. 15 2.5.3 Ad-Hoc Members, Shariat Appellate Bench .................. 15 2.5.4 Attorney General for Pakistan .......................... 15 2.5.5 Registrar ...................................... 15 2.6 Bio-Data of Mr. Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Chief Justice of Pakistan ..... 18 2.7 Bio Data of Mr. Justice Sh. Riaz Ahmad, Chief Justice of Pakistan (Retired on 31st December, 2003) ..................................... 22 2.8 Judges of the Supreme Court .............................. 25 3 IMPORTANT CASES DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE YEAR 2003 33 3.1 Javed Jabbar and 14 others v. Federation of Pakistan and others (PLD 2003 SC 955) 33 3.2 Muhammad Jahangir Badar v. the State and others (PLD 2003 SC 525) ...... 33 3.3 Mian Ahmad Saeed and others v. Election Tribunal For Kasur at Okara and 7 others (2003 SCMR 1611) .................................... 34 Supreme Court Annual Report 2003: i 3.4 Managing Director, Sui Southern Gas Company LTD, Karachi v. Gulam Abbas and Others (PLD 2003 SC724) ................................ 35 3.5 Syed Ali Nawaz Shah and 2 others v. the State and others (PLD 2003 SC 837) ... 36 3.6 Sher Baz Khan and others v. Mst Malkani Sahibzadi Tiwana and others (PLD 2003 SC 849) .......................................... 36 3.7 Muhammad Abbas and another v. the State (PLD 2003 SC 863) ........... 37 3.8 State through Deputy Prosecutor General camp office , Karachi v. Ramesh M. Udeshi, Ex-Secretary, Board of Revenue (Land Utilisation) Sindh and others (PLD 2003 SC 891) ............................................ 37 3.9 Commissioner of Income Tax, Peshawar v. M/s Gul Cooking Oil and Vegetable Ghee (Pvt.) Ltd. (PLD 2003 SC 614) ............................. 38 3.10 Ashiq Ali and others v. Mst. Zamir Fatima and others (PLD 2004 SC 10) ...... 39 3.11 Capital Development Authority through Chairman and another v. Zahid Iqbal and another(PLD 2004 SC 99) ................................ 39 3.12 Hafiz Abdul Waheed v. Mrs. Asma Jehangir and another (PLD 2004 SC 219) .... 40 4 JUDICIAL ACTIVITY AND STATISTICS 43 4.1 Court Performance During the Year 2003 ........................ 43 4.2 Statement of Court Sessions During the Year 2003 ................... 44 4.2.1 Principal Seat Islamabad ............................. 44 4.2.2 Branch Registry, Lahore ............................. 46 4.2.3 Branch Registry, Karachi ............................. 47 4.2.4 Branch Registry, Peshawar ............................ 47 4.2.5 Branch Registry, Quetta ............................. 47 4.3 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases During the Year 2003 ..... 48 4.3.1 Statement Showing Institution, Disposal and Pendency of cases at Islamabad (from 1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) .......................... 48 4.3.2 Statement Showing Institution, Pendency and Disposal of Cases at Lahore (1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) ............................. 49 4.3.3 Statement Showing Institution, Pendency and Disposal of Cases at Karachi (1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) ............................. 50 4.3.4 Statement Showing Institution, Pendency and Disposal of Cases at Peshawar (1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) ............................. 51 4.3.5 Statement regarding Institution, Pendency and Disposal of Cases at Quetta (From 1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) .......................... 52 4.3.6 Consolidated Statements for the Principal Seat and Branch Registries (From 1-1-2003 to 31-12-2003) .............................. 53 5 STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS 59 5.1 The Ratio of Pending Cases to Disposal ........................ 59 5.2 Median Time Analysis and the Supreme Court ..................... 60 5.3 Average Cost Per Case—Comparison with Last Year ................. 61 5.4 Some Visible Trends ................................... 62 5.4.1 Insitution, Disposal and Pendency (1994 to 2003) ............... 62 5.4.2 Trend of Pending Cases Over the Last Ten Years ............... 63 5.4.3 Trend of Institution of Cases Over the Last Ten Years ............. 64 ii Supreme Court Annual Report 2003 5.4.4 Trend of Disposal of Cases Over the Last Ten Years .............. 65 5.4.5 Comparative Graph of Cases Filed, Decided and Pending ........... 66 5.4.6 Analysis of the Pending Balance ......................... 67 5.5 Data for the Last Five Decades: Increase in Institution of Cases as Compared to Increase in the Number of Judges ............................ 70 6 SOCIAL OBJECTIVES AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF JUDGES 77 6.1 Judges of Supreme Court Nominated to Various Committees, Tribunals, University Syndicates and other Bodies ............................... 77 6.2 Interaction With International Judicial Institutions .................. 79 6.3 The Supreme Court and the Media ........................... 83 7 CODE OF CONDUCT FOR JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE HIGH COURTS 91 8 THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL 95 9 THE COURT REGISTRY 99 9.1 Functions ......................................... 99 9.2 Goals ............................................ 99 9.3 Services .......................................... 100 9.4 Organisational Chart of the Court Staff ......................... 101 9.5 Staff Welfare Fund .................................... 102 10 FINANCES OF THE SUPREME COURT 105 10.1 Expenditure During the Last Financial Year 2002–2003 ................ 105 10.2 Budgetary Allocation for the Year 2003–2004 ...................... 106 10.3 The Share of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Federal Budget ......... 111 11 LEGAL RESEARCH AT THE SUPREME COURT 115 11.1 The Supreme Court of Pakistan Library ........................ 115 11.2 Information Technology at the Supreme Court and Web Presence .......... 116 11.2.1 Court Automation Plan ............................. 116 11.2.2 The Growing Website of the Court ....................... 118 12 THE COURT BUILDING 121 12.0.3 Building Architecture ............................... 121 12.0.4 Main Central Block ................................ 121 12.0.5 Judges Chambers Block ............................. 121 12.0.6 Administration Blocks .............................. 121 13 JUDICIAL HIERARCHY OF PAKISTAN 125 13.1 Chart Showing Sanctioned Strength of Judges ..................... 125 13.2 Strength of Judges and Administrative Staff of Superior Judiciary .......... 125 Supreme Court Annual Report 2003: iii 14 INFORMATION ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE 129 14.1 Advocates on the Rolls of the Supreme Court ..................... 129 14.2 Current Strength of Law Officers of the Federation and Provinces .......... 129 15 FORMER CHIEF JUSTICES, JUDGES AND REGISTRARS 133 15.1 Former Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Pakistan ............... 133 15.2 Former Judges of the Supreme Court .......................... 134 15.3 Former Registrars of Federal Court and Supreme Court of Pakistan ......... 138 iv Supreme Court Annual Report 2003 1 FOREWORD (In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful) It is my pleasure to present to the nation the 2003 Annual Report of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. During the year, Mr. Justice Sh. Riaz Ahmad served as the Chief Justice of Pakistan. He retired on 31st December, 2003 and since then, it has been my honour to serve as the Chief Justice of Pakistan. Over the past year, as in the previous years, the
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