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2.2 Codes
Some statutes are commonly cited as codes and need not include the type of session law that
created the code. Cite codes by name, number and year (in parentheses), and section:
Civil Procedure Code (V of 1908), S.115.
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases by name of the parties (separated by “v.”), year (in parentheses), name of the court,
first page of the case, and page referenced.
Alternatively, and more commonly, cite cases by name of the parties (separated by “v.”), and
reporter in which the case is published by year, abbreviated title, first page of the case, and page
referenced:
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto v. State, 1979 SCMR 427.
Gov’t of West Pakistan v. Begum Agha Shorash Kashmiri, PLD 1969 SC 14, 17.
3.1 Reporters
Cases in Supreme Court and High Court reporters may be cited by abbreviated title of the
reporter, year of the judgment, abbreviated name of the court, first page of the case, and page
referenced:
PLD 1950 Lah. 253.
PLD 1993 Kar. 413.
Supreme Court official reporters (and abbreviated titles) are:
Pakistan Law Digest (PLD)
Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ)
Supreme Court Monthly Review (SCMR)
High Court official reporters (and abbreviated titles) are:
Pakistan Law Digests (PLD)
Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ)
3.1.1 Special Legislation Reporters
Other special courts and tribunals created by special legislation have their own reporters in which
decisions are published.
Cite cases published in these reporters by name of the parties (separated by “v.”), and reporter in
which the case is published by year, abbreviated title, and page number:
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