Article 199 writ petitions are the workhorse of Pakistani public law and are filed here rather than in the Supreme Court. The Lahore High Court traces its lineage to the British-era chief court, and the district judiciary below — district and sessions judges, civil judges and judicial magistrates — applies the Code of Civil Procedure 1908 and the Pakistan Penal Code, both inherited from British India.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- appellate
- Court type
- Provincial constitutional and appellate court
- Jurisdiction
- Writ jurisdiction under Article 199 for enforcement of fundamental rights and review of state action, appeals from the district judiciary, and supervision of subordinate courts and tribunals.
- Seat
- Lahore, Karachi, Quetta, Peshawar, Islamabad
- Established
- 1866
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