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Article 185 — Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court ................................ ................... 99
346 words
Verbatim text
jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgements, decrees, final
orders or sentences of a High Court.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any
judgement, decree, final order or sentence of a High Court —
(a) if the High Court has on appeal reversed an order of
acquittal of an accused person and sentenced him to death
or to transportation for life or imprisonment for life ; or, on
revision, has enhanced a sentence to a sen tence as aforesaid
; or
(b) if the High Court has withdrawn for trial before itself any
case from any court subordinate to it and has in such trial
convicted the accused person and sentenced him as
aforesaid ; or
(c) if the High Court has impo sed any punishment on any
person for contempt of the High Court; or
(d) if the amount or value of the subject -matter of the dis pute
in the court of first instance was, and also in dis pute in
appeal is, not less than fifty thousand rupees or such other
sum a s may be specified in that behalf by Act of 1[Majlis -e-
100 Shoora (Parliament)] and the judg ment, decree or final
order appealed from has varied or set aside the judgment ,
decree or final order of the court immediately below ; or
(e) if the judgment , decree or f inal order involves directly or
indirectly some claim or question respecting property of the
like amount or value and the judgment , decree or final
order appealed from has varied or set aside the judgment ,
decree or final order of the court immediately below; or
(f) if the High Court certifies that the case involves a sub -
stantial question of law as to the interpretation of the
Constitution.
(3) An appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment decree,
order or sentence of a High Court in a case to which cl ause (2) does not
apply shall lie only if the Supreme Court grants leave to appeal.
186. Advisory Jurisdiction
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- The index files this text under article 185 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
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- The row is titled “Appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court ................................ ................... 99”.
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