Lahore High Court chief justice has constituted nine division benches (DBs), nine special benches (SpBs) and 22 single benches (SBs) for hearings at the LHC’s principal seat during the week commencing from June 13.
The DBs are: DB-I Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu for all matters including NAB and ATA, DB-II Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti for all civil, tax and banking matters, DB-III Justice Umar Ata Bandial and Justice Asad Munir for all civil and tax matters, DB-IV Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik and Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq for murder reference and connected appeals/revision etc, DB-V Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Chaudhry Shahid Saeed for all civil, tax, banking and service matters, DB-VI Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Abdul Waheed Khan for all civil and tax matters, DB-VII Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan for all criminal matters including NAB, ATA, narcotics and custom, DB-VIII Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan and Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi for old civil matters, DB-IX Justice Shahid Hameed Dar and Justice Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi for all matters including ATA.
The SpDBs are: Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh Special Bench Civil-I, Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan Special Bench Civil-II, Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu Special Bench Criminal-I, Justice Asad Munir Special Bench Family-I, Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan Special Bench Criminal-II, Justice Abdul Waheed Khan Special Bench Civil-III, Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa Special Bench Criminal-III, Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi Special Bench Rent Cases & Family-II and Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti Special Bench Civil-IV.
The SBs are: LHC CJ Ijaz ahmed Chaudhry, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh, Justice Manzoor Ahmad Mailk Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq, Justice Chaudhry Shahid Saeed, Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan, Justice Shahid Hammeed Dar, Justice Muhammad Anwaarul Haq, Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu, Justice Asad Munir, Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan, Justice Abdul Waheed Khan, Justice Altaf Ibrhim Qureshi, Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa, Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi, Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti and Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan.
SpDB comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah shall function on Friday fortnightly to conduct tax matters at 09:00 am. The DBs shall function from Monday to Thursday. DB IV shall start functioning at 08:00 am from Monday to Friday.
