Ali Zia Bajwa | |
Predecessor: | Anwaar Hussain |
Term Start: | 16 January 2035 |
Term End: | 30 June 2035--> |
Predecessor1: | Anwaar Hussain |
Term Start1: | 8 January 2035 |
Term End1: | 15 January 2035--> |
Office2: | Justice of the Lahore High Court |
Term Start2: | 7 May 2021 |
Birth Date: | 1 July 1973 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Ali Zia Bajwa (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|علی ضیا باجوہ, born 1 July 1973), serves as a Pakistani jurist and has held the position of Justice at the Lahore High Court since 7 May 2021.
Bajwa assumed the role of additional justice at Lahore High Court (LHC) on 7 May 2021.[1] The confirmation of his appointment as a permanent judge of LHC came from the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, headed by then Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial, on 13 October 2022.[2] He officially took the oath of office as a permanent judge of LHC on 4 November 2022.[3]
On 24 December 2021, Bajwa issued a significant ruling in the case Ameer Bakhsh v. Additional Sessions Judge. This decision established that a woman who remarries without observing the Iddah after Khul' cannot face prosecution under Section 4 of the Hudud Ordinances. He determined that such a remarriage, without adhering to the Iddah period, does not render the marriage void and, consequently, cannot be considered an offence of Zina.[4]
In his role as an LHC judge, he directed the apprehension of underage drivers following an incident where an unlicensed underage driver, wielding his motor vehicle as a weapon, tragically took the lives of six family members.[5] [6]