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Judgments on Art. 129, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984
Pakistani court judgments that consider Art. 129, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984, 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.
2 judgments
Supreme Court: Nikahnama columns 13–16 must be read together when deciding dower
Mst. Farwa Noreen v. Hassan Ali Agha and others
Issue: How should courts read the dower entries in a Nikahnama (columns 13 to 16), what is the Nikahnama's legal status, and what…
Held: Deciding questions of law only, the Court held that columns 13 to 16 are complementary and together record the total dower agreed; that the Nikahnama is the official record and primary, but rebuttable, evidence of a marriage already concluded, not…
Art. 102, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984Art. 103, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984Art. 105, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984Art. 129, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984
A property transfer soon after marriage, with no sign of payment, can discharge dower
Tanveer Ahmed v. District Judge, Rahim Yar Khan, etc.
Issue: Was four marlas of land, mutated to the wife as an 'oral sale' from her father-in-law within a month of the marriage,…
Held: Payment of dower. The husband bought the land from his father and had it mutated directly to his wife within a month of the marriage, with no consideration from her; she admitted in cross-examination that her husband had transferred the…
Art. 129, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order 1984Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973