Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
The chief justice of Lahore High Court (Urdu: منصف اعظم عدالت عالیہ لاہور) initials as CJP LHC), is the head of Lahore High Court system of Province Punjab, Pakistan and the chief judge of the Lahore High Court of Pakistan. The chief justice of Lahore High Court is one of the most senior member judge of the Lahore High Court of Pakistan.
| Chief Justice of Lahore High Court | |
|---|---|
Incumbent Muhammad Qasim Khan | |
| Style | The Honorable My Lord (When addressed directly in court) |
| Seat | Lahore |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan Chief Justice of Pakistan |
| Appointer | President of Pakistan |
| Term length | Variable till age 62 |
| Constituting instrument | The Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973 |
| Formation | June 1880 |
| First holder | Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden |
The chief justice of Lahore High Court is the chief administrative officer of Province's Court System, supervising provincial judicial policies and conducting judicial business in the provincial high court. Nominations for the appointment of chief justice of Lahore High Court are made by the prime minister of Pakistan and chief justice of Pakistan and final appointments are confirmed by the president of Pakistan.
The first chief justice of Lahore High Court was Henry Plowden. 1892 The most memorable court decision of the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, Henry Meredith Paldon, was that he relinquished 5,000 km of agricultural land from the possession of Raja Poonch and transferred it to the Poonch Sadhnauti tribes. The current chief justice is Muhammad Qasim Khan, incumbent since 19 Match 2020.
Chief justices
The following table lists all the chief justices to date.[1]
| Portrait | Pakistan justice | Took office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Court of the Punjab | ||||
| Sir Henry Meredyth Plowden | 1880 | 1895 | ||
| Sir Charles Arthur Roe | 1895 | 1898 | ||
| Sir William Ovens Clark | 1898 | 1909 | ||
| Sir Arthur Hay Stewart Reid | 1909 | 1914 | ||
| Sir Alfred Kensington | 1914 | 1915 | ||
| Sir Donald Campbell Johnstone | 1915 | 1917 | ||
| Sir Henry Adolphus Rattigan | 1917 | 1919 | ||
| Lahore High Court | ||||
| Sir Shadi Lal | 1920 | 1934 | First Indian Chief Justice of any High Court in India | |
| Sir John Douglas Young | 1934 | 1943 | ||
| Sir Arthur Trevor Harries | 1943 | 1946 | ||
| Sir Mian Abdul Rashid | 1946 | 1948 | ||
| Muhammad Munir | 1949 | 1954 | ||
| Sheikh Abdul Rahman | 1954 | 1958 | ||
| Muhammad Rustam Kayani | 1958 | 1962 | ||
| Manzur Qadir | 1962 | 1963 | ||
| Abdul Aziz Khan | 1963 | 1965 | ||
| Inamullah Khan | 1965 | 1967 | ||
| Waheed-ud-Din Ahmad | 1967 | 1969 | ||
| Qadeeruddin Ahmed | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| Sheikh Anwarul Haq | 1970 | 1972 | ||
| Sardar Muhammad Iqbal | 1972 | 1976 | ||
| Aslam Riaz Hussain | 1976 | 1978 | ||
| Maulvi Mushtaq Hussain | 1978 | 1980 | ||
| Shamim Hussain Qadri | 1980 | 1982 | ||
| Javed Iqbal | 1982 | 1986 | ||
| Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza | 1986 | 1988 | ||
| Abdul Shakurul Salam | 1988 | 1989 | ||
| Muhammad Rafiq Tarar | 1989 | 1991 | ||
| Mian Mahboob Ahmad | 1991 | 1995 | ||
| Khalil-Ur-Rehman Khan | 1996 | 1996 | ||
| Sheikh Ijaz Nisar | 1996 | 1997 | ||
| Sheikh Riaz Ahmad | 1997 | 1997 | ||
| Rashid Aziz Khan | 1997 | 2000 | ||
| Mian Allah Nawaz | 2000 | 2000 | ||
| Falak Sher | 2000 | 2002 | ||
| Chaudhry Iftikhar Hussain | 2002 | 2007 | ||
| Sayed Zahid Hussain | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Khawaja Muhammad Sharif | 2009 | 2010 | ||
| Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed | 2010 | 2011 | ||
| Azmat Saeed | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| Umar Ata Bandial | 2012 | 2014 | ||
| Imtiaz Ahmad | 2014 | 2015 | ||
| Manzoor Ahmad Malik | 2015 | 2015 | ||
| Ijazul Ahsan | 2015 | 2016 | ||
| Syed Mansoor Ali Shah | 2016 | 2018 | ||
| Muhammad Yawar Ali | 2018 | 2018 | ||
| Muhammad Anwaarul Haq | 2018 | 2018 | ||
| Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan | 2019 | 2019 | ||
| Mamoon Rashid Sheikh | 2020 | 2020 | ||