Dosso case
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Dosso v. Federation of Pakistan was the first constitutional case after the promulgation of the Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 and an important case in Pakistan's political history. The case gained prominence as it indirectly questioned the first martial law imposed by President Iskander Mirza in 1958. Dosso was a tribal person from district Loralai in Baluchistan then under Provincially Administered Tribal Areas who committed a murder. He was arrested by tribal authorities and handed over to the Loya jirga who convicted him under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Relatives of Dosso challenged the decision in Lahore High Court (then the West Pakistan High Court) who ruled in favour of Dosso. The Federal Government appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Pakistan who reversed the High Court's decision by referring to the Hans Kelsen theory of legal positivism.
Dosso v. Federation of Pakistan was the first constitutional case after the promulgation of the Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 and an important case in Pakistan's political history. The case gained prominence as it indirectly questioned the first martial law imposed by President Iskander Mirza in 1958. Dosso was a tribal person from district Loralai in Baluchistan then under Provincially Administered Tribal Areas who committed a murder. He was arrested by tribal authorities and handed over to the Loya jirga who convicted him under the Frontier Crimes Regulation (FCR). Relatives of Dosso challenged the decision in Lahore High Court (then the West Pakistan High Court) who ruled in favour of Dosso. The Federal Government appealed the decision to the Supreme Court of Pakistan who reversed the High Court's decision by referring to the Hans Kelsen theory of legal positivism.
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