ORDER III

1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978 1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978. The Supreme Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, in exercise of its rule making powers, and in consultation with the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, hereby makes the following Rules: PART‑I GENERAL ORDER‑III OFFICERS OF THE COURT, ETC. 1. The Registrar shall be the executive head of the office. He shall, have the custody of the records of the Court and shall exercise such functions as are assigned to him by these Rules. 2 In the absence of the Registrar, the Chief Justice may designate any other official to exercise all the functions of the Registrar. 3 The Chief Justice may assign, and the Registrar may, with the approval of the Chief Justice delegate to any other official any functions required by these Rules to be exercised by the Registrar. 4 The Registrar shall, subject to any general or special directions given by the Chief justice, allocate the duties of the Registry among the officers of the Court, and shall, subject to these Rules and to any such directions as aforesaid, supervise and control the officers and servants of the Court. 5 The Official Seal to be used in the Court shall be such the Chief justice may from time to time direct, and shall be kept in the custody of the Registrar. 6 Subject to any general or special directions given by the Chief Justice, the Seal of the Court shall not be affixed to any writ, rule, order, summons or other process save under the authority in writing of the Registrar. 7 The seal of the Court shall not be affixed to any certified copy issued by the Court save under the authority in writing of the Registrar. 8 The Registrar shall keep a list of all cases pending before the Court and shall subject to these Rules and to any general or special directions given by the Chief justice, prepare the list of cases ready for hearing and shall cause notice to be given thereof and the day, if any, assigned for the hearing of any case in the list. 9. In addition to the other powers conferred by these Rule, the Registrar shall have the following powers subject to any general or special order of the Chief Justice: (a) to require any plaint, petition of appeal, petition or other matters presented to the Court to be amended in accordance with the practice and procedure of the Court or to be presented after such Requisition as the Registrar thinks proper in relation thereto, has been complied with; (b) to fix the dates of hearing of appeal, petition or other matters and issue notice thereof; (c) to settle the index in case where the record is to be prepared under the supervision of the Registry; and (d) to direct any formal amendment of record.