Part VII · The Judicature · The Supreme Court of Pakistan
Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Article 185
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Subject to this Article and Article 175F, the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments, decrees, final orders or sentences of a High Court.
An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree, final order or sentence of a High Court—
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 sentence as aforesaid; or
if the High Court has withdrawn for trial before itself any case from any court subordinate to it and has in such trial co nvicted the accused person and sen tenced him as aforesaid; or
if the High Court has imposed any punishment on any person for contempt of the High Court; or
if the amount or value of the subject-matter of the dispute in the court of first instance was, and also in dispute in appeal is, not less than one million rupees or such other sum as may be specified in that behalf by Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) and the judgment, decree or final order appealed from has varied or set aside the judgment, decree or final order of the court or tribunal immediately below; or
if the judgment, decree or final 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 or tribunal immediately below.
An appeal to the Supreme Court, from a judgment, decree, order or sentence of a High Court in case to which clause
does not apply shall lie only if the Supreme Court grants leave to appeal:
Provided that no appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court in cases to which clause (1) of Article 175F applies.]