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The West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964 governs the jurisdiction of Family Courts. As per schedule in the Act of 1964 family courts entertains the disputes of dissolution of marriage, recovery of maintenance of wives and minors, dower, dowery articles, guardian and wards disputes i.e. custody of minors, recovery of bridal gifts etc.
From 1980 to 2011, District Judiciary was under the control of supervision of Lahore High Court, Lahore. Under the 18th amendment of the Constitution, the Islamabad High Court was established and it was also given the supervision over District Judiciary Islamabad. [3] In 2012, two Judicial districts were divided into East and West:
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) is the senior court of the Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, with appellate jurisdiction over the following district courts: [1] Islamabad District Court (East) Islamabad District Court (West) [2] Justice Aamer Farooq is the current Chief Justice, having taken oath on 11 November 2022. [3]
Divorce in Pakistan is mainly regulated under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939 amended in 1961 and the Family Courts Act 1964. [1] Similar to global trends divorce rate is increasing gradually in Pakistan too. [citation needed] In Punjab (Pakistan), in 2014 khula cases registered were 16,942 that rose to 18,901 cases in 2016. [2]
Based on English common law, but Muslims are subject to the Administration of Muslim Law Act, which gives the Sharia Court jurisdiction over Muslim personal law, e.g., marriage, inheritance and divorce. Tonga: Based on English common law. Trinidad and Tobago: Based on English common law. Tuvalu: Based on English common law. Uganda: Based on ...
The UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters is a protocol between senior family court judges of the Family Division of the High Court in England and Wales and The Supreme Court of Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The protocol relates to the wrongful removal of children, the welfare of abducted children, information flow between courts and ...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani court sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years imprisonment on Friday in a land corruption case, a setback to nascent talks between his party and the ...
The district courts of Pakistan are courts that operate at the district level, they are controlled by the high courts. [1] District courts exist in every district of each province, with civil and criminal jurisdiction. In each district headquarters, there are numerous additional district and session judges who usually preside over the courts.