“Law Moot Court Competition 2019” Award distribution ceremony held at High Court Bar Rawalpindi

“Law Moot Court Competition 2019” Award distribution ceremony held at High Court Bar Rawalpindi
Report; Asghar Ali Mubarak

Rawalpindi: The High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi organized Prize Distribution ceremony for the winners of the “Law Moot Court Competition 2019” on other day.This was first ever Law Moot Court Competition in the History of Lahore High Court Bar Association. The Senior Judges Mr.Justice Tariq Mehmood Abbasi,Mr.Justice Mirza Viqas Rauf,Mr.Justice Muhammad Shahid Abbasi and Mr.Justice Shamash Mirza and other senior lawyers and executive body’s elected Secretary Muhammad Faisal Malik Jonit Secretary Miss Farzana Aziz,Ms Shireen Hafza CEO ‘’The Best Law College’’ Principal Rawalpindi Law college Sardar Ghazanfar Ali and Asghar ali Mubarak Ali and others were awarded with certificate along with Flower Bouquet from President High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi Mulik Ghulam Mustafa Kandwal during the simple but impressive prize distribution ceremony of “Law Moot Court Competition 2019 which was took place on 29.7.19 held at High Court Bar Association Rawalpindi on 15 OCT 2019 during the prize distribution ceremony. Advocte Muhammad Sulaiman got 1st position in over participants while ,Imran Awan got 2nd and Rabia Rafique declared 3rd awarded with handsome cash prizes along with crystal Shields.Lahore Bar (presently Lahore High Court Bar) as a collective group took birth somewhere before 1892-93 and its first President was elected in 1893. In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Bar Association should be registered. The General House on 9 June 1910, accepted the recommendations and registered it as Bar Association. The earliest trace of the Lahore Bar as a body to be acknowledged and accepted starts from 1882. In October, 1882, the Judges of the Chief Court passed Resolution requesting Mr. C. H. Spitta, Barrister-at-Law (then a leading member of the legal fraternity and later to become a temporary judge of the Chief Court) to convince a Special Meeting of the Bar, to devise measures to root out touting. In compliance with this Resolution, Mr. C. H. Spitta convened a meeting of the Lahore Bar on 22 November 1882, in the Bar Room and at which five Barristers and thirteen Pleaders attended. The meeting was presided by Mr. C. H. Spitta. At the meeting, ten resolutions to root out touting were passed by the Lahore Bar and their copies transmitted to the Registrar of the Chief Court, for his attention. These were received and under the orders of the Judges, circulated by the Chief Court to all the Commissioners and Superintendents of the various Divisions for compliance. Apart from the above, there is no further evidence of the Lahore Bar till 1892-93. Out of the Association’s available records, the register containing the Minutes of the earliest General Meetings of the Chief Court Bar Association starts from the year 1893. The file dealing with the subject “Touts-High Court” amongst the High Court’s records contains the copy of a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Bar Association in 1892 and his seems to be the earliest letter traceable from the various High Court files addressed to the legal fraternity practicing in the Chief court in its capacity as an Association. From these items of evidence, it can fairly be inferred that the Lahore Bar assumed some maturity by 1882 and became an entity which commanded attention and to which the Chief Court had to look to for assistance. But the Lahore Bar as a collective group or entity took birth somewhere after 1882 and before 1892-93.
In 1910 the Executive Committee recommended that the Chief Court Bar Association should be registered and that the Secretary should take necessary steps for this purpose. The General House in its meeting held on 9 June 1910, accepted the recommendations of the Committee.

ABOUT LAHORE HIGH COURT
Lahore High Court is headed by a Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan (born 1 January 1958) is a Pakistani jurist who is 48th and current Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan was appointed as justice 19 February 2010 Took oath as Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court on 1 January 2019 and will be retired on 31 December 2019 .The bench consists of Justices and additional judges. The retirement age of Chief Justice and Justices is 62 years. The Additional Judges are initially appointed for one year. After that their services could either be extended or they could be confirmed or they are retired. The current Chief Justice of Lahore High Court is Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan and Court is currently made up of the following Justices (in order of seniority).The Lahore High Court is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on 21 March 1919.The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over Punjab. The High Court’s principal seat is in Lahore, but there are benches in three other Pakistani cities: Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur. A proposal was sent by lawyers to set up new high court benches in Faisalabad, Sialkot, D.G.Khan and Gujranwala divisions but full court of Lahore High Court turned down this request.
In 1849, the East India Company defeated the Sikh Empire and assumed control of administration within the Punjab. A Board of Administration was constituted and the Punjab was divided into Divisions, Districts and Tehsils. The Divisions were controlled by Commissioners, Districts by Deputy Commissioners and Tehsils by an Assistant and Extra Assistant Commissioners.
The Board of Administration consisted of Sir Henry Lawrence, John Lawrence and Charles Grenville Mansel. In 1858 the Punjab, along with the rest of British India, came under the direct rule of the British crown and decisions with regard to administration and justice were now made under the authority of the monarch, Queen Victoria. By 1864, a proliferation of court cases necessitated an expansion to the judicial structure in the province. The Punjab Courts Act, (XIX of 1865) introduced seven grades of courts, combining judicial and administrative functions and claiming jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases. The Court of Tehsildar was the lowest court, whilst the Court of the Judicial Commissioner became the highest court in the land. Over time, as appeals to the Chief Court greatly increased, later Acts namely the Punjab Courts Act, (XVII of 1877) and Punjab Courts Act, (XVIII of 1884) repealed earlier Acts and restated the law regarding the courts’ constitution, powers and jurisdiction. Additional judges were appointed, and greater finality was granted to the decisions of the lower appellate courts. By 1884, there were four classes of courts subordinate to the Chief Court, namely the Divisional Court, the Court of the District Judge, the Court of the Subordinate Judge, the Court of Munsif. On 1 April 1919, the Chief Court of the Punjab was elevated to the status of a High Court, becoming known as Lahore High Court, by Letters Patent granted pursuant to Section 113 of the Government of India Act, 1915. The Letters Patent by King-Emperor George V also appointed a Chief Justice and six puisne justices, and declared the Court’s jurisdiction over the Punjab and Delhi provinces. The Government of India Act, 1935 removed the barrier that the Chief Justice must be a Barrister Judge and opened the position to Civilian Judges. An age limit of 60 years was set for High Court Judges. By virtue of the Government of India (High Court Judges) Order, 1937, a maximum number of Judges for the various High Courts in India was fixed. In each case the number so stated was exclusive of the Chief Justice but included all additional judges. For the Lahore High Court the maximum number was fixed at 15.On 30 September 1955, the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan established the province of West Pakistan, and gave the Governor-General the power to establish the West Pakistan High Court, which was established in 1956. Judges from the Chief Court of Sind and the Judicial Commissioners Court at Peshawar became judges at the West Pakistan High Court. On 1 January 1981; it was ordered that the Lahore High Court would create benches at Bahawalpur, Multan and Rawalpindi. The order also specified that the Lahore High Court judges could hold circuit courts anywhere in the province, with judges nominated by the Lahore High Court Chief Justice.The first Chief Justice at Lahore was Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden in 1880. The current Chief Justice is Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan, incumbent since January, 01 2019.