Honourable Chief Justice

Justice_Muhammad_ Shafi_Siddiqui

Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui

Name:
Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui
Father's Name:
Mr Muhammad Nabiuddin Siddiqui
Date of Birth:
12 August 1965
Academic Qualification:
  • Matriculation - Jufelhurst School, Karachi.
  • Intermediate - D.J. Science College, Karachi.
  • Graduation - B.Sc - D.J. Science College, Karachi.
  • LL.B - S.M. Law College, Karachi.
Enrolled As An Advocate:
  • Enrolled as an Advocate of Subordinate Courts in 1992.
  • Enrolled as an Advocate of High Courts in 1994.
  • Enrolled as an Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2008.
Practice:
Supreme Court, High Court, principal practice at High Court of Sindh
Judicial Experience:
Elevated as a Judge of this Court on March 20, 2012. On November 3, 2023 his Lordship assumed the position of Senior Puisne Judge. On June 25, 2024 his Lordship took oath as the Acting Chief Justice and thereafter took oath as the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court on 13th July, 2024. His Lordship is also the Chairman of Board of Governors of Sindh Judicial Academy.
Administrative Work:
His lordship has remained Monitoring Judge of various District and Sessions Courts in Sindh. He has been Authorized Officer in respect of the entire judiciary in the province of Sindh, as well Incharge of the Administration and Judicial Branches of the High Court; Chairman of the Development Committee, Rule Committee (Civil), Judicial Studies & Administration Training and Seminar Board, Court Building Maintenance & Horticulture Committee and Member of the Purchase Committee. He has also been a Member of Syndicate and Board of Governor of different Universities, including NED University, Karachi University and Commecs Institute. His lordship also attended various National & International Conferences of Judicial side and I.T. based.
Subjects and Adjudication:

His Lordship presides over a wide array of legal matters, including Tax issues with constitutional implications, commercial cases, civil suits, company-related petitions, rent appeals, election matters, constitutional petitions, and various other legal domains. Below are His Lordship’s Diverse Roster Arrangement.

i. Tax matters involving Constitutional Issues.
ii. All kinds of commercial matters.
iii. Civil suits of different nature including arbitration laws, admiralty jurisdiction, Administration, Service laws, & intellectual property rights and succession matters (SB. Original Side).
iv. Company matters (winding up petitions, reduction in share capital, merger, de-merger, rectification of share register etc. (SB. Original Side).
v. Rent Matters including First Rent Appeals, Civil Revisions, Civil Appeals (Ist Appeals and IInd Appeals) and Constitution Petitions (SB-Appellate side)
vi. Election Petitions & Election Appeals. (SB & DB)
vii. Civil Appeals, High Court Appeals, Admiralty Appeals, First Appeals and Banking Appeals. (DB)
viii. Different Constitution Petitions including the matters relating to delimitation, vires of law, writs of quo-warranto, directions, Elections matters, ECL, PEMRA, NADRA, Procurement laws etc. (DB)
ix. Service matters and Labour matters. (DB)
x. Income, Custom & Sales Tax matters. (DB)
xi. Criminal Appeals, Acquittal Appeals, Cr.Misc. Applications, Cr. Revsions and confirmation cases. (DB)
xii. Different Bail matters including ATA, NAB, and Narcotics laws etc. (SB & DB).

CONFERENCES / FORUMS/ SEMINARS ATTENDED:

Attended following conferences, seminars and forums

i. His Lordship attended multiple meetings and Conferences during Singapore visit 2024 at SIMI (Singapore International Mediation Institute) Head office Singaporeand other local hotels at Singapore on following agendas:

  • Singapore’s mediation regime impact on case pendency
  • Singapore convention ratification and potential roadmap for effective implementation.
  • Mediation training regime in Singapore (regulation, best practices etc.)
  • To understand regulations and global standards of mediator training programs.
  • To understand global developments in mediation landscape.
  • Networking dinner with leading mediation practitioners and policy makers.
  • Meeting SIMC leadership (including former judges) to understand best practices Pakistan can borrow.
  • Understanding how Government and Judiciary can use mediation.
  • Progress and impact of mediation in Singapore and lessons learnt.
  • Understanding the latest global trends in international arbitration.

ii. Seminar on Pakistan's ADR Renaissance at IBA City Campus Karachi on 16th August 2024. During the Seminar, His lordship also inaugurated the IBA-ADRIC (Alternative Dispute Resolution International Centre).

iii. Pakistan International Disputes Weekend 2024 at Karachi, May 2024. on a topic of paramount importance: “The challenges and opportunities in implementing domestic arbitration in Pakistan”

iv. Pakistan International Disputes Weekend on proposed Domestic Arbitration Act 2023, Lahore – 2023.

v. Symposium on Corporate Supervision and regulatory actions organized by Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), Islamabad- 2023

vi. CHINA-SCO Regional Court Justice Forum –Islamabad, 2022. (Online)

vii. Webinar on Informal Settlement of disputes, mediation, arbitration and provision of Legal Aid, organized in Collaboration with European Union(EU) Technical assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) Program – Islamabad, 2021 (Online)

viii. 2nd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics, and Engineering technologies – iCoMET, IBA University, Sukkur 2019.

ix. Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement,Washington D.C, Minneapolis, MN – 2015, USA

x. Public Interest Litigation at Islamabad - 2014.

xi. United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP19) , Warsaw, Poland 2013.

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