Province of Sindh v. Sartaj Hyder et al.

On October 21, 2022, the Supreme Court of Pakistan modified Sindh High Court orders that placed judicial officers in charge of citizens' committees overseeing relief after the 2022 floods. The Court held that judicial management of the committees crossed into executive functions under the National Disaster Management Act, 2010. It preserved a monitoring role for reconstituted committees, required representation of vulnerable groups and continued reporting by disaster-management authorities.

In an additional note expressly joined by the other members of the bench, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah connected the floods to climate change, cited attribution research finding that five-day maximum rainfall over Sindh and Balochistan was 75% more intense in a world warmed by 1.2 degrees Celsius, and reviewed the scale of flood damage and reconstruction needs. The Court stated that protection of the rights to life and dignity requires a climate-resilient adaptation plan, including a mechanism for the use of loss-and-damage finance, and called for the implementation of Pakistan's climate-governance framework.