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    The Supreme Court has original, appellate, advisory, and judicial review jurisdiction. It has original jurisdiction over disputes between governments, constitutional interpretation, and enforcement of fundamental rights. It has appellate jurisdiction over High Court decisions imposing death or life imprisonment, involving claim values over 50,000 rupees, or interpreting the constitution. The Supreme Court can also issue advisory opinions, review its own judgments, punish for contempt, and hear appeals from administrative courts. High Courts have jurisdiction to issue five writs, enforce fundamental rights, supervise subordinate courts, punish for contempt, and hear various appeals and revisions from lower courts on civil, criminal, and special law matters. Writs include habeas corpus to produce detained individuals, mandamus to compel public officials

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    The Supreme Court has original, appellate, advisory, and judicial review jurisdiction. It has original jurisdiction over disputes between governments, constitutional interpretation, and enforcement of fundamental rights. It has appellate jurisdiction over High Court decisions imposing death or life imprisonment, involving claim values over 50,000 rupees, or interpreting the constitution. The Supreme Court can also issue advisory opinions, review its own judgments, punish for contempt, and hear appeals from administrative courts. High Courts have jurisdiction to issue five writs, enforce fundamental rights, supervise subordinate courts, punish for contempt, and hear various appeals and revisions from lower courts on civil, criminal, and special law matters. Writs include habeas corpus to produce detained individuals, mandamus to compel public officials

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    Jurisdictions of Supreme Court

    1. Original jurisdiction.
    2. Appellate jurisdiction.
    3. Advisory jurisdiction.
    4. Judicial review.

    1. Original jurisdiction.
    1) 184(1) original jurisdiction in inter-government disputes, issues
    declaratory judgment;
    2) 184(3) Enforcement if fundamental rights involving an issue of
    public importance;
    3) Art:185(2) appeal from judgment/order of High Court in
    criminal cases, tried in original and/or appellate capacity and
    having imposed death penalty or life imprisonment;
    4) Art:185(2) appeal in civil cases when the value of claim
    exceeds fifty thousand rupees;
    5) Art:185(2) appeal when High Court certifies that the case
    involves interpretation of the constitution;
    6) Art:185(3) Appeal (subject to grant of leave) from High Court
    judgment/order;
    7) Art:186 Advisory jurisdiction on any question of law
    involving public importance referred by the president;
    8) Art: 187 To issue directions/orders for doing complete justice
    in a pending case/matter;
    9) Art:188 To review any of its own judgment/order;
    10) Art 204 to punish for its contempt;
    11) Art:212 appeal from Administrative courts/tribunals; and
    12) Art: 203F Its Shariat Appellate bench hears appeals from
    judgment/orders of Federal Shariat court
    Jurisdiction of High Court:
    1. Article 199 (1): To issue five writs namely habeas corpus mandamus,
    Prohibition, Certiorari and quo warrantor.
    2. Article 199 (2): Enforcement of fundamental rights.
    3. Article 203: To supervise/control sub-ordinate courts.
    4. Article 204: To punish for its contempt.
    5. To hear appeal under section 100 of the CPC.
    6. To decide reference under section 100 of CPC.
    7. Power of review under section 114 of CPC.
    8. Power of revision under section 115 of CPC.
    9. Appeals under section 410 of CRPC.
    10. Appeals against acquittal under section 411 A (2) of CRPC.
    11. Appeals against judgment/decree/order of tribunals under special laws.
    12. To issue directions of the nature of habeas corpus under section 491 of
    CRPC.
    13. Power of revision under section 439 of CRPC.
    14. Hedge inter-court appeal at Lahore High court and High Court of Sindh.
    Writ:

    It is an order from judicial authority asking a person to perform some


    act or stop performing an act.

    Types of Writ:

    1- Writ of Habeas Corpus:

    A writ of habeas corpus—literally meaning to “produce the body”—is an


    order issued by a court of law to a prison warden or law enforcement
    agency holding an individual in custody to deliver that prisoner to the court
    so a judge can decide whether or not that prisoner had been lawfully
    imprisoned and, if not, whether he or she should be released from custody.

    2- Writ of Mandamus:

    Mandamus is Latin word, which means “we command”. Simply it is a


    writ issued to a public official to do a thing which is a part of his official
    duty, but, which, he has failed to do, so far.

    3- Writ of Prohibition:
    Writ of prohibition means to forbid or to stop and it is properly
    known as „Stay order‟.
    4- Writ of Certiorari:

    To be informed of what is going on.

    5- Writ of quo warranto:

    It is a writ issued with a view to restraining a person from acting


    in a public office to which he is no entitled.

    Example: A person of 62 years has be appointed to fill a public office


    whereas the retirement age is 60 years. Now, the appropriate High Court
    has to right to issue a writ of quo-warranto against the person and declare
    the office vacant/

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