Judicial Statistics of Pakistan 2009 National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee Published by the Secretariat of Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan, Supreme Court Building, Islamabad. www.ljcp.gov.pk Foreword With great pleasure I present the Annual Report for the year 2009 on Judicial Statistics of Pakistan which contains judicial data of the superior courts, namely the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Federal Shariat Court, 4 Provincial High Courts and the District Courts. The importance of this Report has increased many folds especially after the implementation of the National Judicial Policy‐2009 for enabling the people to know how the courts in the country are striving to provide expeditious justice to the public. It will also enable the Courts to ensure transparency and accountability within the justice system. It is towards this goal that the present Report has been prepared by the Secretariat of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan, as mandated by the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee. It provides detailed information about the judicial system, sanctioned strength of the judicial as well as administrative staff and annual budget of courts. The Report is going to be published with some delay, due to time consumed in collecting detailed judicial data from various courts. It is hoped that the data provided in the Report will be useful for the judiciary to make plans for addressing the problem of backlog and gradual increase in litigation. It can also be utilized by researchers, judges and lawyers for the analysis of the performance of the courts and for proposing solutions to problems faced by the judicial system of Pakistan. The Secretariat of LJCP will make sure that the Report reaches the libraries of public/private sector, institutions, justice system related agencies, law schools and libraries of the courts and the Bar Councils/Associations for their valuable comments & suggestions. (Dr. Faqir Hussain) Secretary 2 Supreme Court of Pakistan 3 2. Supreme Court of Pakistan 2.1 Statement showing list of Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Date of Date of NAMES Date of Birth Elevation Retirement 04.02.2000 Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, as Judge, 12.12.1948 11.12.2013 Hon'ble Chief Justice of Pakistan 30.06.2005 as HCJP Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal 01.08.1946 28.04.2000 31.07.2011 Mr. Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan 18.08.1947 31.07.2004 17.08.2012 Mr. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani 06.07.1949 31.07.2004 05.07.2014 Mr. Justice Nasir‐ul‐Mulk 17.08.1950 05.04.2005 16.08.2015 Mr. Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed 01.06.1946 14.09.2005 31.05.2011 Mr. Justice Ch. Ijaz Ahmed 05.05.1945 14.09.2005 04.05.2010 Mr. Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain 15.12.1949 14.04.2009 14.12.2014 Mr. Justice Muhammad Sair Ali 12.12.1946 14.04.2009 11.12.2011 Mr. Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui 14.10.1946 14.04.2009 13.10.2011 Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja 10.09.1950 05.06.2009 09.09.2015 Mr. Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali 31.12.1951 03.08.2009 30.12.2016 Mr. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain 13.04.1949 07.09.2009 12.04.2014 Mr. Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaffery 22.11.1945 07.09.2009 21.11.2010 Mr. Justice Tariq Parvez 15.02.1948 20.10.2009 14.02.2013 14.09.2006 then on 19.10.2009 Mr. Justice Ghulam Rabbani 20.10.1944 20.10.2009 then on (Ad hoc Judge w.e.f.20.10.2009 for 2 years) as Adhoc 19.10.2011 Judge Mr. Justice Khalil‐ur‐Rehman Ramday 13.01.1945 10‐01‐2002 12.01.2010 2.2. Statistics on the Institution and Disposal of Cases during the year 2009. Statement Showing Institutions, Disposal and Pendency of Cases at Islamabad (From 1‐1‐2009 to 31‐12‐2009) PETITIONS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Petition 1256 2337 3593 3049 544 Criminal Petition 284 936 1220 752 468 Civil Review Petition 500 190 690 360 330 Criminal Review 267 238 505 202 303 Petition/Crl.O.P. Civil/Crl. Sh. Petition 55 49 104 61 43 /Crl.Sh. R. P. Jail Petition & Jail 725 517 1242 397 845 Shariat Petition Constitution Petition 129 62 191 24 167 Total 3216 4329 7545 4845 2700 APPEALS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Appeal 5510 1601 7111 1883 5228 Criminal Appeal 1818 666 2484 624 1860 Criminal Shariat Appeal 20 50 70 35 35 Civil Shariat Appeal 68 5 73 17 56 Total 7416 2322 9738 2559 7179 OTHERS MATTERS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civ. & Crl. Misc. 971 884 1855 770 1085 Application Civil & Crl.M.Appeals / 155 100 255 70 185 C.U.O. Suo Motu Cases /H.R. 41 114 155 115 40 Cases Total 1167 1098 2265 955 1310 5 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT FOR ISLAMABAD Balance as on Balance as on Description Institution Total Disposal Remarks 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Decreased Petitions 3216 4329 7545 4845 2700 by 516 Decreased Appeals 7416 2322 9738 2559 7179 by 237 Increased Others matters 1167 1098 2265 955 1310 by 143 Decreased Grant Total 11799 7749 19548 8359 11189 by 610 6 2.3 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases during the year 2009. Statement Showing Institutions, Disposal and Pendency of Cases at Lahore (From 1‐1‐2009 to 31‐12‐2009) PETITIONS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Petition 2850 2845 5695 2856 2839 Criminal Petition 603 1462 2065 1410 655 Civil Review Petition 73 127 200 144 56 Criminal Review 23 82 105 57 48 Petition/Crl.O.P. Jail Petition & Jail 20 141 161 82 79 Shariat Petition Total 3569 4657 8226 4549 3677 APPEALS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Appeal 3 939 942 368 574 Criminal Appeal 0 385 385 154 231 Total 3 1324 1327 522 805 OTHERS MATTERS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil. & Criminal. 0 236 236 236 0 Misc. Application Civil Crl.M.Appeals 0 118 118 118 0 /C.U.O. Suo Motu Cases/ 0 22 22 22 H.R.Cases Total 0 376 354 376 0 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT FOR LAHORE Balance as on Balance as on Description Institution Total Disposal Remarks 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Increased by Petitions 3569 4657 8226 4549 3677 108 Increased by Appeals 3 1324 1327 522 805 802 Others Matters 0 376 354 376 0 Increased by 0 Increased by Grant Total 3572 5981 9907 5447 4482 910 7 2.4 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases during the year 2009. Statement Showing Institutions, Disposal and Pendency of Cases at Karachi (From 1‐1‐2009 to 31‐12‐2009) PETITIONS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Petition 159 910 1069 828 241 Criminal Petition 50 138 188 167 21 Civil Review Petition 40 57 97 59 38 Criminal Review Petition 7 6 13 9 4 /Crl.O.P. Jail Petition 10 181 191 191 0 Constitution Petition 1 0 1 1 0 Total 267 1292 1559 1255 304 APPEALS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Appeal 103 292 395 180 215 Criminal Appeal 2 71 73 64 9 Total 105 363 468 244 224 OTHERS MATTERS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civ. & Crl. Misc. 9 51 60 56 4 Application Civil/Crl.M.Appeals 0 5 5 5 0 /Crl.R.S.M.R/Crl.S.M.J.R.P. H.R.C/S.M.C 29 15 44 24 20 Grand Total 38 71 109 85 24 8 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT FOR KARACHI Balance as on Balance as on Description Institution Total Disposal Remarks 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Increased by Petitions 267 1292 1559 1255 304 37 Increased by Appeals 105 363 468 244 224 119 Others Increased by Matters 29 71 100 85 15 14 Increased by Grant Total 401 1726 2127 1584 543 142 9 2.5 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases during the year 2009. Statement Showing Institutions, Disposal and Pendency of Cases at Peshawar (From 1‐1‐2009 to 31‐12‐2009) PETITIONS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civil Petition 1278 714 1992 651 1341 Criminal Petition 301 187 488 195 293 Civil Review Petition 15 11 26 13 13 Criminal Review Petition 3 3 6 1 5 /Crl.O.P. Jail Petition/Jail Sh. 2 8 10 4 6 Petition Total 1597 923 2512 864 1652 APPEALS Opening Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal Balance 31.12.2009 Civil Appeal 38 213 251 90 161 Criminal Appeal 2 65 67 9 58 Total 40 278 318 99 219 OTHERS MATTERS Balance as on Balance as on Description Institutions Total Disposal 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Civ. & Crl. Misc. 0 49 49 49 0 Application Civil/Crl.M.Appeals 0 0 0 0 0 /C.U.O. Human Rights Case 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Total 0 49 49 49 0 10 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT FOR PESHAWAR Balance as on Balance as on Description Institution Total Disposal Remarks 31‐12‐2008 31.12.2009 Increased Petitions 1597 923 2512 864 1652 by 55 Increased Appeals 40 278 318 99 219 by 179 Increased Others by 0 Matters 0 49 49 49 0 Increased Grant Total 1637 1201 2830 963 1871 by 234 11 2.6 Statistics on the Institution and Disposition of Cases during the year 2009.