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the headquarters. There were 2 other Class IV judges posted in the district
too. These courts were housed in present Deputy Commissioner Complex.

The District and Sessions Judge, Multan was also the Senior Special Judge
of the district, who disposed of special against Central Government servants.
The Senior Civil Judge, Muzaffargarh was also Rent Controller for the
disposal of rent cases.
1970 and beyond

The district attained the status of Sessions District in 1970, and Malik
Akhtar Hussain was posted here as the first District and Sessions Judge on
November 17, 1970. With the separation of judiciary from the executive in
1996, the number of Civil Judges started increasing. In 2001, the Executive
Magistracy was abolished, which further increased the judicial workload.

At present, the District Judiciary comprises the following:
District and Sessions Judge 1
Additional District and Sessions Judges 13
Senior Civil Judges 3
Civil Judges 25

One of the courts of Additional Sessions Judge has been made Model Court
under the order of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The Model Court takes up
murder cases, and hearing takes place on day to day basis.

The Judge Anti-Corruption Court, as well as those of the Consumer Court
and Labour Court having headquarters at DG Khan, visit the district every
month as per their schedule. As far as the cases related to the Drug Court
and Banking Court for the district are concerned, the same are fixed in the
courts situated at Multan.
NATURE OF LITIGATION

Most of the litigation in the district takes place in land and family matters.
The nature of cases in various courts can be assessed from the statistics for
the month of July, which were as under:
 The Civil Judges disposed of 1884 cases in Tehsil Muzaffargarh, 1270
cases in Tehsil Kot Addu, 521 cases in Tehsil Alipur and 605 cases in
Tehsil Jatoi. Thus in all 4280 cases were decided during the month.
 The court of District and Sessions Judge as well as those of Additional
Sessions Judges decided 725 cases in all including, amongst others,
56 murder, 105 narcotics, 121 harassment cases as well as 207 bail
applications.
 The number of family cases disposed of stood at 739.

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