Lahore High Court announces winter vacation schedule

The Lahore High Court (LHC) will go on a fortnight winter vacation from December 26, according to a notification issued on Friday.

The LHC has also released the judges roster for hearing cases during the first week of the vacation.

As per the notification, 16 judges will hear the cases on the principal seat of the LHC in Lahore, forming seven division and 16 single benches. Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti and Justice Tariq Saleem Shaikh will form Division Bench No. 1 and hear all types of cases.

Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan and Justice Farooq Haider will form Division Bench No. 2 and hear all criminal cases.

Similarly, Justice Ali Baqir Najafi and Justice Raheel Kamran will form Division Bench No. 3, Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan and Justice Faisal Zaman Khan will form Division Bench No. 4, Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Asjad Javed Gharal will form Division Bench No. 5, Justice Shahid Karim and Justice Muhammad Raza Qureshi will form Division Bench No. 6, and Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabbir and Justice Asim Hafeez will form Division Bench No. 7. All these benches will hear the cases assigned to them by the chief justice.

The judges who are part of the division benches will also hear cases as single benches, except for Justice Shahram Sarwar Chaudhry and Justice Rassal Hasan Syed, who will only conduct hearings as single benches.

The LHC has also notified the judges roster for its other seats in Bahawalpur, Multan and Rawalpindi for the first week of the winter vacation.