The Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) on Saturday constituted 10 Division Benches (DBs), 9 Special Benches (SpBs) and 22 Single Benches (SBs) for hearing all cases at the LHC Principal seat, Lahore, during the week commencing 27 June. The DBs include DB-I Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry and Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu for all matters including National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) cases, DB-II Justice 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 Sardar Tariq Masood SplDB for murder refrence and connected appeals/revision etc, DB-V Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa 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 cases, DB-VIII Justice Shahid Saeed and Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan for all civil matters, DB-IX Justice Muhammad Khalid Mehmood Khan and Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi for old civil matters, DB-X Justice Shahid Hameed Dar and Justice Altaf Ibrahim Qureshi for all matters including ATA cases.
The SpBs include Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh SpB civil-I, Justice Shahid Saeed SpB civil-II, Justice Mazhar Iqbal Sidhu SpB criminal-I, Justice Asad Munir SpB family-I, Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan SpB criminal-II, Justice Abdul Waheed Khan SpB civil-III, Justice Mehmood Maqbool Bajwa SpB criminal-III, Justice Syed Kazim Raza Shamsi SpB rent cases and family-II and Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti SpB civil-IV.
The SBs are Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, Justice 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 Ch. 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.
A SpDB comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah shall function fortnightly on Fridays to conduct tax matters from 9am onwards. The DBs shall function from Monday to Thursday. DB-IV shall start at 8am from Monday to Friday.
