Case Data Lahore High Court 2013 v1.0

Case-level judicial data from Lahore High Courts extracted from District Judiciary Punjab’s case management system website for the year 2013, to establish a baseline to empirically understand Pakistan’s legal system. 

The data repository contains the following files:

raw_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.xlsx: This file contains the raw data extracted from the Punjab High Court website.

to_clean_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.do: This file contains the Stata do file used to clean the raw data.

stata_cleaned_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.dta: This file contains the cleaned data in Stata format.

cleaned_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.csv: This file contains the cleaned data in CSV format. The variable names for cleaned data are human-readable and mostly make clear what information the variable contains. The variables available are as follows:

case_no: Case Number

case_status: Case Status

inst_no: A unique number representing the case in the system

inst_date: Date when the case was officially filed or registered in the court.

type_of_case: The type or category of the case (e.g., First Class Cases, Bail Applications).

offense: The description of crime or violation for which the case was filed (e.g., Cheating, Rape, etc).

procedure_or_documentation: Indicates the type of procedure involved, such as pre-arrest bail or other legal processes.

fir_no: The First Information Report (FIR) number associated with the case.

fir_year: The year in which the FIR was registered.

police_station: The name of the police station where the FIR was lodged.

primary_offence: The main crime or charge the case deals with

presiding_judge: The name of the judge presiding over the case.

bench: The judicial authority or composition of the bench (e.g., Civil Judge or Additional District).

decision_date: The date when the court issued a decision or verdict.

decision_type: The type of decision made by the court (e.g., Acquittal, Conviction).

contested: Indicates whether the case was contested or uncontested.

acquitted_convicted: Indicates whether the accused was acquitted or convicted.