About Dsitrict and Sessions Court Karachi South

The District Courts of Pakistan are courts that operate at the district level, they are controlled by the high courts. District courts exist in every district of each city of province, with civil and criminal jurisdiction. In each District Headquarters of city, there are numerous Additional District & Sessions Judges who usually preside over their respective courts. District & sessions Judge has executive and judicial power all over the district under his jurisdiction. Sessions court is also a trial court to deal with trial of heinous offences such as Murder, Rape (Zina), Harabbah offences relating to property and prohibition (EHO), murder in ducity cases, Foreign Exchange cases, P.E.C.O cases etc. It is also additionally appellate court for summary conviction offences and those who are convicted at trial before the courts of Learned Judicial Magistrate of 1st, 2nd and Small class and civil suits of the value upto 150,00,000. Each city have courts of Additional District & Sessions judge, which possesses the equal authority over, under its jurisdiction except Administrative Powers. When it proceeds criminal cases, it is called sessions court and when it proceeds civil cases, it becomes District court. Executive matters are brought before the conceved District & Sessions Judge.

District and Sessions Courts, Karachi South, enjoys the position of being the first and the most senior district of Karachi Division. In the year 1981/1984 after bifurcation of Karachi Division, it was the first district that came into being. It has the District and Sessions Court located at Block-A and Twelve (12) Courts of Addl. District and Sessions Judges, Fifteen (15) Courts of Senior Civil Judges, Twenty Seven (27) Courts of Civil / Family Judges & Judicial Magistrates and one Consumer Protection Court all around the Blocks-A, B, C, E, F and New Building to deal with the matters pertaining to their jurisdiction and all the courts are enthusiastically resolved to provide quick justice to the sufferings.

Sitting of our Judges Blockwise, as under:

  • In Block-A: District and Sessions Judge, Vth, VIth, VIIth, IXth, Xth and XIth Addl. District and Session Judges, XVIth, XVIIth, XIXth, XXth, XXIth and Family Court Judges.
  • In Block-B: IInd, IIIrd, VIIIth Addl. District and Session Judges
  • In Block-C: Ist Addl. District and Session Judge, Ist, IInd, IIIrd, IVth, Vth, VIth, VIIth, VIIIth, IXth, Xth, XIth, XIIth, XVth Senior Civil Judges and Cunsumer Protection Court.
  • In New Building: XIIIth, XIVth Senior Civil Judges and IVth, VIIIth, XIIIth, XVIIIth, XXIInd, XXIVth, XXVth and XXVI Civil Judges and Judicial Magistrates
  • In Block-F: Ist, IInd, IIIrd, Vth, VIth, VIIth, Xth, XIth, XIIth, XIVth, XVth and XXIIIrd Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate
  • Judicial Complex: IVth Addl. and Session Judge and IXth Judicial Magistrate

About Our Judges

01District and Sessions Judge deals in all types of Criminal and Civil Cases including Summary Suits and defamation cases under defamation ordinance and Appeals

02All the Additional and Sessions Judges deals in all Criminal and Civil Cases.

03 All Senior Civil / Rent Controller Judges deals in all types of Criminal and Civil Cases other then Summary Suits and defamation cases under defamation ordinance.

04 All Civil/Family Judge and Judicial Magistrate deals in all types of Criminal, Family and Civil Cases with limit upto 150,00,000