THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF MIANWALI

 THE ROOTS OF THE CURRENT JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF MIANWALI STRETCH BACK TO THE PERIOD WHEN MIANWALI  WAS TEHSIL OF BANNU   AND EVEN BEFORE. THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT IS BEING  PRACTICED TODAY HAS EVOLVED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, SPANNING ROUGHLY OVER A WHOLE MILLENNIUM. THE SYSTEM HAS PASSED THROUGH SEVERAL EPOCHS COVERING THE HINDU ERA, MUSLIM PERIOD INCLUDING THE MUGHAL DYNASTY, BRITISH COLONIAL PERIOD AND POST-INDEPENDENCE PERIOD. NOT   WITH STANDING THE SUCCESSIVE CHANGES I.E. ONE RULE /DYNASTY SUBSTITUTED BY THE OTHER , WHICH NATURALLY RESULTED IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDIAN SOCIETY, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERALLY MAINTAINED A STEADY GROWTH AND GRADUAL ADVANCE TOWARDS CONSOLIDATION AND IMPROVEMENT/REFINEMENT, WITHOUT INDEED, HAVING TO UNDERGO ANY MAJOR DISRUPTION OR SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE. ALL IN ALL, THE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED AND PASSED THROUGH 3 DISTINCT STAGES OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, NAMELY, HINDU KINGDOM, MUSLIM-RULE AND BRITISH COLONIAL DOMINATION. THE 4TH AND CURRENT ERA, COMMENCED WITH THE PARTITION OF INDIA AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PAKISTAN AS A SOVEREIGN AND INDEPENDENT STATE. THE SYSTEM, THUS, HAS EVOLVED THROUGH A PROCESS OF REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS CONCLUSION ENJOYS NEAR UNANIMITY AMONG HISTORIANS AND COMMENTATORS OF INDIAN LEGAL HISTORY.

THE DEPUTY-COMMISSIONER AS DISTRICT MAGISTRATE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE DISTRICT JUDGE USED TO BE IN CHARGE OF CIVIL JUDICIAL WORK, AND BOTH OFFICERS ARE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIVISIONAL AND SESSIONS JUDGE OF THE SHAHPUR CIVIL DIVISION. THERE WERE THREE MUNSIFS: ONE SITS AT HEAD-QUARTERS, ONE AT BHAKKAR, AND ONE AT KAROR. THE FRONTIER CRIMES REGULATION WAS IN FORCE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. IN 1900 MR A.B. KETTEWELL WAS APPOINTED AS DISTRICT JUDGE DERA ISMAIL KHAN AND LT S.A.J.OBERIEN WAS DISTRICT JUDGE BANNU. IN 1901 ON BECOMING MIANWALI AS NEW DISTRICT SARDER BALAWAT SINGH WAS APPOINTED AS DISTRICT JUDGE .

IN ISA KHEL PIOR TO INDEPENDENCE NO SEPARATE MUNSIF WAS DETAIL AND MUNSIF FROM MIANWALI USED TO VISIT THE TEHSIL. IN 1899 MR TENDER WAS THE MUNSIF OF MIANWALI AND IN 1900 SARDER MUHAMMAD YOUSUF WAS APPOINTED AS MUNSIF CLASS 1 . TILL 1910 STRENGTH OF JUDGES IN MIANWALI WAS VERY LESS BUT ON MIANWALI BECOMING DISTRICT THE STRENGTH INCREASES AND BY 1935 JUDGES STRENGTH WAS 37. PRIOR TO INDEPENDENCE BAR MEMBERS STRENGTH NEVER CROSSES THE FIGURE OF 38 .IN 1938 BAR MEMBERS STRENGTH WAS 38 . IN 1944 BAR MEMBERS STRENGTH WAS 44 , IN 1945 BAR MEMBERS STRENGTH WAS 35 AND SURPRISINGLY IN 1946  BAR MEMBERS STRENGTH WAS 19 ONLY .MIANWALI BAR WAS JOINED WITH HIGH COURT  BAR LAHORE IN 1935. NOW THE STRENGTH OF MIANWALI BAR IS 130 MEMBERS .

PRESENT DAY  JUDICIAL OFFICERS

IN

MIANWALI

    DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE

    ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE

    SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE/GUARDIAN JUDGE

    CIVIL JUDGES

    JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES

    CIVIL JUDGES CUM JUDICIAL MAGISTRATES

    SPECIAL JUDICIAL MAGISTRATE

MIANWALIAN JUDGES PROFILES

INCUMBENCY OF DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGES, MIANWALI

Sr. No

Name of Office

From

To

1 Rai Bahadur Chunni Lal 17-01-1913 08-11-1914
2 Khan Bahadur Abdul Ghaffar 09-11-1914 11-04-1915
3 Khan Bahadur Khawaja Tassaduq 12-04-1915 23-06-1915
4 F.W. Kanna Way 08-10-1915 11-06-1916
5 F.W. Skemp 12-06-1916 18-07-1916
6 B.H. Bird 12-11-1916 31-12-1918
7 Rai Sahb Lala Gana Ram 10-05-1920 09-11-1920
8 P.J. Rusi 10-11-1920 28-09-1921
9 Mr. Ihsan Ul Haq 29-09-1921 12-11-1923
10 Rai Sahb Lala Murari Lal 20-11-1923 04-11-1924
11 Rai Sahb Lala Shibu Lal 16-12-1924 02-02-1926
12 Khan Bahadur Munshi Rahim Bux 29-04-1926 28-03-1928
13 Bhagat Jagan Nath 28-02-1928 07-10-1929
14 Lala Chunni Lal 12-10-1929 23-12-1929
15 Pandit Devi Dyal Joshi 02-01-1930 15-10-1930
16 Mr. Hamid Asghar 19-10-1930 11-05-1931
17 S.S.S Hukam Singh 12-05-1931 01-11-1932
18 Mr. P.R.B May 15-12-1932 05-03-1934
19 G.U. White Head 10-03-1934 01-04-1935
20 J.A. Rehman 02-04-1935 10-04-1937
21 H.A Majid 13-04-1937 24-07-1937
22 S.M Haq 25-07-1937 21-09-1940
23 S.S.S Kartar Singh 01-10-1940 01-05-1941
24 Rai Sahb Lala Ram Karwar 02-05-1941 09-10-1941
25 S.S.S. Gurmukh Singh Mongia 10-10-1941 30-04-1943
26 Sh. Laiq Ali 23-06-1943 31-08-1943
27 Syed Muhammad Abdullah 04-10-1943 01-07-1944
28 A.L Fletcher 11-07-1944 11-05-1947
29 Mr. Muhammad Abdul Latif 12-05-1947 26-01-1948
30 Sh. Bashir Ahmed 27-01-1948 24-01-1951
31 Sh. Masud Ahmed 25-12-1951 16-10-1953
32 Ch. Fazal Ilahi 24-10-1953 03-11-1955
33 D. Fazal Ud Din 04-11-1955 06-04-1956
34 Sh. Attaullah Qureshi 07-04-1956 17-12-1956
35 Ch. Aziz Ahmed Waraich 01-11-1957 30-09-1959
36 Mirza Bashir Ahmed 13-10-1959 26-04-1961
37 Ch. Muhammad Anwar 27-04-1961 27-03-1964
38 Qureshi Gul Muhammad 28-03-1964 01-11-1965
39 Mr. M Karam Shah 17-11-1965 23-03-1967
40 Sardar Haji Muhammad Khan 21-09-1967 30-03-1969
41 Sh. Muhammad Tareef 25-08-2008 22-10-2008
42 Mr. Sohail Nasir 23-10-2008 06-05-2009
43 Sardar Ahmed Naeem 11-05-2009 27-10-2010
44 Mehboob Elahi Sheikh (Late) 28-10-2010 28-02-2011
45 Wamiq Javed 01-03-2011 12-09-2011

  INCUMBENCY OF SENIOR CIVIL JUDGES, MIANWALI

Sr. No

Name of Office

From

To

1 LAL MURARI LAL 25-07-1920 25-07-1922
2 SD DWARKA NATH 25-07-1923 25-07-1924
3 SH.MUHAMAMD HUSSAIN 25-07-1924 25-07-1925
4 SYED GHULAM YAZDANI 25-07-1926 25-07-1927
5 GURMUKH SINGH MONGIA 25-07-1928 25-07-1930
6 MIRZA ABDUL RAB 01-01-1931 01-01-1932
7 KHAN AGHA AHMED KHAN 25-07-1931 25-07-1931
8 SYED SHOUKAT HUSSAIN 01-01-1933 01-01-1934
9 SARDAR SAHIB SARDAR G.S MONGIA 25-07-1934 25-07-1934
10 KHAN AHMED KHAN 25-07-1934 25-07-1935
11 L.MELA RAM 25-07-1936 25-07-1936
12 LAL.SHANKAR LAL 25-07-1936 25-07-1937
13 SARDAR GIAN SINGH SANDHU 25-07-1938 25-07-1939
14 T.C. SETHI 25-07-1939 25-07-1940
15 SARDAR GIAN SINGH 25-07-1940 25-07-1941
16 SH. KARAM ELAHI 25-07-1942 25-07-1943
17 L-GURU DATTA 25-07-1943 25-07-1945
18 L-SHAM LAL 25-07-1946 25-07-1947
19 CH.FAZAL HAQ 22-05-1947 01-06-1948
20 SH.M.IBRAHIM 09-02-1948 14-04-1948
21 SH.MUHAMMAD AKBAR 15-04-1948 17-01-1949
22 ABDUL SAMAD KHAN 24-01-1949 08-08-1950
23 SARDAR ATTA ULLAH 15-08-1950 20-11-1952
24 CH.MUHAMMAD GHANI 01-12-1952 23-03-1953
25 QURESHI GUL MUHAMMAD 10-04-1954 07-08-1954
26 M.AFZAL KHAN 13-08-1954 02-10-1955
27 SH.ABDUL HAMEED 08-10-1955 01-03-1957
28 CH.M.ILYAS 09-03-1957 16-03-1957
29 KHAN IHSAN UL HAQ 30-10-1957 08-10-1958
30 SH.ABDUL HAYEE 08-09-1958 24-04-1961
31 ABID ULLAH KHAN 04-05-1961 10-06-1963
32 CH.BASHIR AHMED 26-06-1963 09-09-1964
33 CH.HASSAN NAWAZ 26-10-1964 04-06-1965
34 MASOOD AHMAD ANSAR 05-06-1965 15-04-1966
35 SHEIKH MUHAMMAD SHAFI 03-05-1966 20-01-1967
36 M.ABDUL MAJEED 20-01-1967 10-01-1969
37 CH.ABDUL MAJEED 10-01-1969 05-03-1971
38 M.RAMZAN 26-04-1971 18-07-1973
39 M.MUHAMMAD AFZAL 01-09-1973 11-09-1974
40 MUHAMMAD ASLAM SIMRA 12-09-1974 28-06-1976
41 ZULFIQAR ALI KHAN 29-06-1976 05-03-1980
42 M.AHMED KHAN 06-03-1980 03-05-1980
43 MIAN ASHUQ MUHAMMAD 17-01-1982 07-05-1984
44 MALIK ZULFIQAR ALI 28-05-1984 13-07-1985
45 FYAZ AHMED BHUTTA 27-07-1985 16-08-1988
46 ATTA MUHAMMAD NAZ 13-08-1988 04-03-1990
47 ABDUL QAYYUM RAJA 12-03-1990 01-03-1992
48 SIJJAD AHMED CHAWAN 09-03-1992 31-07-1994
49 M.SADDIQUE TABBASUM 10-08-1994 30-06-1997
50 SARDAR M.RANA 01-12-1997 02-01-1999
51 M.AFZAL ZAHID 09-01-1999 28-10-1999
52 M.IQBAL KHAN 19-11-1999 28-03-2001
53 MAHR.M.YOUSAF 03-04-2001 16-10-2001
54 CH.M.YOUSAF AUJALA 16-10-2001 23-10-2003
55 M.TAMMAR HAYAT 23-06-2003 02-01-2006
56 M.SHABBIR HUSSAIN 05-06-2006 30-11-2006
57 AMJAD IQBAL RANJHA 23-01-2007 30-11-2006
58 SYED ALI ABBAS 02-02-2007 09-06-2007
59 ABDUL SATTAR LANGAH 12-06-2007 25-06-2007
60 SHAHID SIKANDER 29-06-2009 24-12-2010
61 MIAN MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAFIQUE 03-01-2011 00-00-0000

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