Constitution 1973 § Article 185 — Appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court

Statutory text (English)

(1) 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.

(2) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court from any judgment, decree, final order or sentence
of a High Court-
(a) 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
(b) if the High Court has withdrawn for trial before itself any case from any court
subordinate to it and has in such trial convicted the accused person and
sentenced him as aforesaid; or
(b) if the High Court has imposed any punishment on any person for contempt of
the High Court; or
(c) 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
(d) 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.

(3) An appeal to the Supreme Court, from a judgment, decree, order or sentence of a High
Court in case to which clause

(2) 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.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 185: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 90, 91, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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