PESHAWAR HIGH COURT BENCHES AREA OF JURISDICTION RULES, 1981

PESHAWAR HIGH COURT BENCHES AREA OF JURISDICTION RULES, 1981

[Gazette of N: W. F. P., Extraordinary, 19th May, 1981]

No. SOC (S & GAD) 26/1‑81/4732.‑In pursuance of clause (6) of Article 7 of the Provisional Constitution Order, 1981, the Governor of the North‑West Frontier Province, in consultation with the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, is pleased to make the following rules, namely

1.‑(1) These rules may be called the Peshawar High Court Benches Area of Jurisdiction Rules, 1981.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

2. The High Court Bench at Abbottabad shall exercise the jurisdiction vested in the High Court, in respect of cases relating to the Civil Division of Hazara.

3. The High Court Bench at Dera Ismail .Khan shall exercise the jurisdiction vested in the High Court, in respect of cases relating to the Civil Division of Dera Ismail Khan.

4. All such cases as are referred to in rule 2 and rule s, pending in the High Court immediately before the commencement of these rules, shall stand transferred to the respective benches for disposal.

5. There shall be established registry of the High Court, each at Abbottabad and Dera Ismail Khan to receive on behalf of the respective High Court Bench such cases as are referred to in rule 2 and rule 3.

6. Each registry established at Abbottabad and Dera Ismail Khan shall be beaded by an Additional Registrar who may be appointed by name or by virtue of office, and consist of such other staff as the Chief. Justice may appoint.

7. The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court may, from time to time, by order delegate all or any of his powers and functions to any Judge and may in like. manner withdraw all or any of such powers and functions.