Smooth_daddy said:Sall, your question was a bit vague at first. Bazi's first response was what I would have said too. Later when you asked in Pakistan's context, it became clearer. It is very different from a conventional court. In Pak, Sharia court is an appellate branch of Supreme court. An appellate court review judicial laws / appeals and review decisions of lower courts.
In simple words, Sharia appellate court will review a law or a decision when challenged in a sharia court. That is validity of a law or decision on Islamic principles.
Bazigaar said:a little bit...not 100% islamic...
for example...in islam, murder is saza phansi nahi hae...but pakistan mae phansi de jati hae...chori ke saza islam mae imprisonment nahi hae for a given time period....but pak mae jail hote hae..etc etc...