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  • A. District Judge
  • B. High Court
  • C. Supreme Court
  • D. All of above

Explanation: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the value of the original suit determines the appellate forum.

Correct answer: High Court
  • A. Additional district Judge
  • B. District Judge
  • C. High Court
  • D. None of above

Explanation: For Punjab, the appellate threshold under the relevant civil-courts framework places suits exceeding 2.5 million rupees before the High…

Correct answer: High Court
  • A. Value of the case property
  • B. Value of the suit
  • C. Time of the dispute
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The appellate forum is fixed by the value of the suit, not merely the market value of an individual item of property or the duration of…

Correct answer: Value of the suit
  • A. Additional Session Judge jurisdiction
  • B. District Judge jurisdiction
  • C. Civil Judge jurisdiction
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 9 addresses the jurisdiction of Civil Judges, including the limits within which they may exercise civil jurisdiction.

Correct answer: Civil Judge jurisdiction
  • A. Section 5, of West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962
  • B. Section 6, of West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962
  • C. Section 7, of West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 7 confers the original civil jurisdiction associated with the Court of the District Judge.

Correct answer: Section 7, of West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962
  • A. Civil Judges
  • B. Additional District Judge
  • C. District Judge
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 5 deals with the appointment of District Judges. The appointment provisions for the other judicial officers appear in separate…

Correct answer: District Judge
  • A. 3
  • B. 4
  • C. 5
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Section 3 classifies the civil courts into three classes: the Court of the District Judge, the Court of the Additional District Judge, and…

Correct answer: 3
  • A. Court fee
  • B. Subject matter of the suit
  • C. Both (a) and (b)
  • D. None of above

Explanation: “Value” refers to the monetary value of the subject matter in dispute, which is used to determine jurisdiction and the proper appellate…

Correct answer: Subject matter of the suit
  • A. 1885
  • B. 1886
  • C. 1887
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act was enacted in 1887 and defines a small cause as a suit cognizable by a Court of Small Causes.

Correct answer: 1887
  • A. Local Government
  • B. Provincial Government
  • C. Federal Government
  • D. None of above

Explanation: In Section 2(a) of the West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962, “Government” means the Provincial Government.

Correct answer: Provincial Government
  • A. 2
  • B. 3
  • C. 4
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The West Pakistan Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962 does not contain a schedule, so none of the listed numbers applies.

Correct answer: None of above
  • A. 8th December, 1961
  • B. 9th January, 1962
  • C. 8th February, 1962
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The Ordinance was enacted on 9 January 1962. The December 1961 and February 1962 dates do not match its enactment date.

Correct answer: 9th January, 1962
  • A. Three years
  • B. Four years
  • C. Six years
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application under section 12(2) CPC is governed by a three-year limitation period, generally running from the date on which the…

Correct answer: Three years
  • A. Two years
  • B. Four years
  • C. Six years
  • D. None of above

Explanation: Article 183 of the Limitation Act provides six years for enforcing a judgment, decree or order of a High Court exercising its ordinary…

Correct answer: Six years
  • A. One year, when the sale become absolute
  • B. Two years, when the sale become absolute
  • C. Three years, when the sale become absolute
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A purchaser at an execution sale has three years to apply for delivery of possession, counted from the date on which the sale becomes…

Correct answer: Three years, when the sale become absolute
  • A. Thirty days, from the date of death of deceased plaintiff or appellant
  • B. Sixty days, from the date of death of deceased plaintiff or appellant
  • C. Ninety days, from the date of death of deceased plaintiff or appellant
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to bring the legal representative of a deceased plaintiff or appellant on record must ordinarily be made within 90 days of…

Correct answer: Ninety days, from the date of death of deceased plaintiff or appellant
  • A. Three months, from the date of decree
  • B. Six months, from the date of decree
  • C. Nine months, from the date of decree
  • D. None of above

Explanation: The prescribed period for an application concerning payment of a decree amount by instalments is six months from the date of the decree.

Correct answer: Six months, from the date of decree
  • A. Thirty days, from date of order or judgment
  • B. Sixty days, from date of order or judgment
  • C. Ninety days, from date of order or judgment
  • D. None of above

Explanation: A legal representative seeking to set aside a decree or judgment passed against the deceased in ignorance of the death has 60 days from…

Correct answer: Sixty days, from date of order or judgment
  • A. Thirty days from the date of decree
  • B. Thirty days, from the date of knowledge
  • C. Both A and B
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to rehear an appeal heard ex parte must be made within 30 days, counted from the decree or, where the applicant lacked due…

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. Fourteen days, from the date of dismissal
  • B. Thirty days, from the date of dismissal
  • C. Forty days, from the date of dismissal
  • D. None of above

Explanation: An application to restore an appeal dismissed for want of prosecution must be filed within 30 days of the dismissal.

Correct answer: Thirty days, from the date of dismissal