There shall be Constitutional Benches of a High Court comprising such Judges of a High Court and for such term as may be nominated and determined by the Judicial Commission of Pakistan as constituted under clause (5) of Article 175A, from time to time.

1. The most senior Judge amongst Judges nominated under clause (1) shall be the Head of the Constitutional Benches.
2. No Bench of a High Court other than a Constitutional Bench shall exercise jurisdiction vested in the High Court under Article 199.
3. For the purposes of clause (1), a Bench, to be nominated by a committee comprising the Head of the Constitutional Benches and next two most senior Judges from amongst the Judges nominated under clause (1), shall hear and dispose of such matters.
4. All petitions under sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) and paragraph (c) of clause (1) of Article 199 or appeals therefrom, pending or filed in a High Court prior to commencement of the XXXII of 2025), ss. 41-42.^[2]
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution but subject to an Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in respect of the Islamabad High Court and an Act of Provincial Assembly in respect of other respective High Courts, a High Court may make rules regulating the practice and procedure of the Constitutional Benches.
6. This Article shall come into force, if in respect of–
   1. the Islamabad High Court, both Houses of *[Majlis-e-Shoora] (Parliament) in the joint sitting; and
   2. a High Court, the respective Provincial Assembly, through a resolution passed by majority of the total membership of the joint sitting or the respective Provincial Assembly, as the case may be, give effect to the provisions of this Article.