Case Data Lahore High Court 2013 v1.0

<p>Case-level judicial data from Lahore High Courts extracted from District Judiciary Punjab&rsquo;s case management system website for the year 2013, to establish a baseline to empirically understand Pakistan&rsquo;s legal system.&nbsp;</p> <div> <div>The data repository contains the following files:</div> <br> <ul> <li><strong>raw_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.xlsx:</strong> This file contains the raw data extracted from the Punjab High Court website.</li> <li><strong>to_clean_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.do:</strong> This file contains the Stata do file used to clean the raw data.</li> <li><strong>stata_cleaned_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.dta:</strong> This file contains the cleaned data in Stata format.</li> <li><strong>cleaned_data_lahore_highcourt_2013_v1.csv:</strong> 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: <ul> <li>case_no: Case Number</li> <li>case_status: Case Status</li> <li>inst_no: A unique number representing the case in the system</li> <li>inst_date: Date when the case was officially filed or registered in the court.</li> <li>type_of_case: The type or category of the case (e.g., First Class Cases, Bail Applications).</li> <li>offense: The description of crime or violation for which the case was filed (e.g., Cheating, Rape, etc).</li> <li>procedure_or_documentation: Indicates the type of procedure involved, such as pre-arrest bail or other legal processes.</li> <li>fir_no: The First Information Report (FIR) number associated with the case.</li> <li>fir_year: The year in which the FIR was registered.</li> <li>police_station: The name of the police station where the FIR was lodged.</li> <li>primary_offence: The main crime or charge the case deals with</li> <li>presiding_judge: The name of the judge presiding over the case.</li> <li>bench: The judicial authority or composition of the bench (e.g., Civil Judge or Additional District).</li> <li>decision_date: The date when the court issued a decision or verdict.</li> <li>decision_type: The type of decision made by the court (e.g., Acquittal, Conviction).</li> <li>contested: Indicates whether the case was contested or uncontested.</li> <li>acquitted_convicted: Indicates whether the accused was acquitted or convicted.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>