relatives to file a petition for special leave to appeal in the
Supreme Court, through a properly constituted attorney enrolled in
that court or present his petition for special leave to appeal and the
following documents to the Superintendent who shall, after
obtaining signature or thumb-impression of the petitioner thereon,
forward the same to the Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan for
disposal.
(a) A certified copy of the judgment of the High Court
appealed against;
(b) a certified copy of the judgment of the Lower Court in
case of an appeal for a conviction by the High Court
reversing an order of acquittal passed by the Lower
Court; and
(c) an application for condonation of delay if petition for
special leave to appeal is preferred after the
prescribed time.
Note. An English translation of the petition should also be
forwarded if it is written in any other language.
(iv) No Court fee is to be affixed to any of the documents
filed in the Supreme Court.
(v) The decision of the Supreme Court will be
communicated to the Superintendent of the prison in which the
petitioner is confined.
Petition for special leave to appeal to Supreme Court by or on
behalf of condemned prisoner. Execution to be postponed.
Rule103. (i) In accordance with the Supreme Court Rules
1956, the petition for special leave to appeal should ordinarily be
lodged in the Supreme Court within thirty days from the date of
the judgment or order sought to be appealed from. The execution
of all condemned prisoners shall remain postponed from the date
of the High Court's judgment pending final orders from the
Government.
(ii) If intimation is received from or on behalf of the
condemned prisoner that it is intended to apply to the Supreme
Court, within thirty days of the date on which the .Superintendent
of the prison has informed him of the confirmation of his sentence
by the High Court for special leave to appeal, proof must be
furnished to the Provincial Government that the appeal has been
filed in the Supreme Court. The Superintendent of the prison shall
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