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Judgments on Art. 120, Limitation Act 1908
Pakistani court judgments that consider Art. 120, Limitation Act 1908, summarised in plain English, newest first. Each gives the issue, what the court held and what it means in practice, and is reviewed by an advocate.
1 judgment
Past maintenance for 12 years upheld where the husband admitted she was unmaintained
Muhammad Anwar v. District Judge, etc.
Issue: Can a Family Court award past maintenance going back more than six years, which the husband said is the outer limit under…
Held: Yes, on these facts. In his written statement, seeking restitution of conjugal rights in answer to the wife's suit, the husband admitted in writing that she had been unmaintained since 2012. A husband who asks for his wife's return admits…
Art. 120, Limitation Act 1908Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973