Skip to main content

Structure of Judiciary in Islamabad

Islamabad comprises of two districts namely; Islamabad East and Islamabad West. Both districts are headed by one District and Session Judge each. Similarly there are few Additional Session & District Judges in each District. There are also around five senior civil judges Islamabad working under both districts.

There are separate courts of Family Judges, Magistrates, Civil Judges and Rent Controllers in Islamabad. All the captioned courts are located in the premises of District Courts in Sector F-8 Islamabad.

Apart from the above captioned courts, there are special courts in Islamabad. There is a judicial complex in sector G-11, Islamabad whereby the Banking Court, Drug Court, Insurance Tribunal, Accountability Court, Customs Tribunal and other special courts are located. Also the office of Islamabad Bar Council is located within the same Judicial Complex.

The High Court of Islamabad is located in Sector G-10 Islamabad. It is constitutional court working under the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Islamabad High Court is also heading the entire judiciary of Islamabad.

The labor court of Islamabad is located in Sector F-5. The Federal Shariat Court is in its neighbourhood. Across the road is Supreme Court of Pakistan. Similarly the Services Tribunal of Islamabad is also located in the same vicinity.

Islamabad has 50 Union Councils and 1 Arbitration Council. The Deputy Commissioner office of Islamabad is located in sector G-11, Islamabad. Administration Officers like Assistant Commissioners and Registrars of few departments are also located in the same vicinity of Deputy Commissioner Office.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

HUMAN RIGHT CASE NO. 5818 OF 2006

PLJ 2008 SC 262 [Original Jurisdiction] Present: Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi & Ch. Ejaz Yousaf, JJ. HUMAN RIGHT CASE NO. 5818 OF 2006 Human Right Case No. 5818 of 2006, decided on 27.12.2007. Constitution of Pakistan, 1973-- ----Arts. 184 (3) & 199--Islamabad Land Disposal Regulation, 2005--Regl. 5--Suo Moto Notice--Directive of Prime Minister for allotment of residential plots--Determining the eligibility criteria for allocation of plots--Validity--Privileges--Fulfillment of eligibility criteria--Government is always empowered to grant appropriate privileges to its employees within the scope of law and its authority but nevertheless such power, Government is not under legal or Constitutional obligation to establish housing schemes and provide residential or commercial plots to its employees and it is not a Constitutional or legal right of any person in the service of Pakistan to claim such privilege in addiction to the terms and conditions of the service provided under ...

Order of Wafaqi Mohtasib accepting grievance petition

  PLJ 2003  Peshawar  336 (DB) Present :  SHAHZAD AKBAR KHAN AND QAZI EHSANULLAH QURESHI, JJ. PAKISTAN  RAILWAYS through DIVISIONAL SUPERINTENDENT  PAKISTAN  RAILWAYS, PESHAWAR-Petitioner versus SAID MUHAMMAD and 2 others-Respondents W.P. No. 863 of 2000, decided on 14.4.2003. ( i ) Establishment of the Office of  Wafaqi   Mohtasib  (Ombudsman)  Order (1 of 1983)-- —-S. 32-Order of  Wafaqi   Mohtasib  accepting grievance petition of  respondent (employee) and holding him entitled to ' full  pension/commutation on the post, assailed—Respondent having been  retired from service on 27.8.1997, could not have been reverted to his  substantive post on 26.3.1998, after about 7 months of his retirement- Petitioner failed to prefer representation before President in terms of  . S. 32 of the Order (1 of 1983) and thus, did not avail remedy provided by  law-Another colleague of respondent who in sim...

Proceedings before Wafaqi Mohtasib and President of Pakistan did not constitute Civil Proceedings

  PLJ 1999  Karachi  587 Present:  RAStfEED A.  RAZVI,  J.  SHIFAATULLAH QURESHI-Plaintiff Versus FEDERATION OF  PAKISTAN  through SECRETARY/CHAIRMAN, 'RAILWAYS, MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD), ISLAMABAD- Defendant  Suit No. 192 of 1992, decided on 20.3.1998.   Limitation Act, 1908-- —-S. 14 Arts. 56 & 115-Limitation~Question of--Plaintiff after dismissal of  his claim for recovery of amount of damage by defendant, instead of filing  suit approached  Wafaqai Mohtasib  who accepting claim of plaintiff  directed defendant to pay amount of damage to plaintiff-President of  Pakistan, on appeal, set aside order of  Wafaqi Mohtasib-Plaintiff  filed  suit for damages and permanent injunction after about 3 years and 10  months from dismissal of his claim by defendants-Plaintiff claimed that  period spent in proceeding before  Wafaqi Mohtasib  should have been  e...