# FAI Legal's Judgment Search now has filters: court, years, Act and exact words

> Judgment Search on FAI Legal now has four filters: Court, Years, Act and Exact words. In the reel, the same search for a Lahore bail hearing is run before and after the filters.

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- Published by FAI Legal on 2026-10-12

Bail hearing in Lahore tomorrow, and the first judgment you find is from another court. This reel shows the same search on the live app, before and after the filters, recorded on 6 October 2026.

## Key points

- Court: the Supreme Court, any High Court, or the Federal Shariat Court.
- Years: last year, 3 years, 5 years, or type your own years.
- Act: only judgments under that Act.
- Exact words: only judgments whose headnote has those words.

## The example in the reel

Filters: Lahore High Court, last 5 years, Control of Narcotic Substances Act, and the exact words safe custody.

First result: Muhammad Akhtar v. State, 2022 PCrLJ 1233 (Lahore High Court).

## The case at a glance

- **Facts:** A search for a Lahore bail hearing, shown on the live app before and after the filters (6 October 2026).
- **The question:** How do you keep judgments from the wrong court or the wrong years out of your results?
- **What the Court held:** Not a court decision. This page explains a feature of FAI Legal.
- **Why:** The four filters narrow the results to the court, the years, the Act and the headnote words you choose.
- **Limits:** The reel shows one search. FAI Legal is an AI research aid, not legal advice. Speak to a qualified lawyer about your situation.

## The law it relies on


## What this does not mean

- It does not mean the first result is the right judgment for your case. Read the judgment itself.
- It does not explain what 2022 PCrLJ 1233 decided. The reel shows it only as the first result of a filtered search.

## Questions people ask

### Which courts can I filter by?

The Supreme Court, any High Court, or the Federal Shariat Court.

### What does the Exact words filter do?

It keeps only judgments whose headnote has those words.

## Sources

- FAI Legal, the live app. Screens recorded on 6 October 2026: the same Judgment Search before and after the filters. (shown in the reel)
- Muhammad Akhtar v. State, 2022 PCrLJ 1233, Lahore High Court. The first result of the filtered search shown in the reel.

## What the reel says

Bail hearing in Lahore tomorrow, and the first judgment you find is from another court? Not anymore.

FAI Legal's Judgment Search now has four filters: Court (Supreme Court, any High Court, Federal Shariat Court), Years (last year, 3, 5, or type your own), Act (only judgments under that Act) and Exact words (only judgments whose headnote has those words).

Example: Lahore High Court, last 5 years, Control of Narcotic Substances Act, "safe custody".

First result: Muhammad Akhtar v. State, 2022 PCrLJ 1233 (Lahore High Court).

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