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Judgments on Art. 34, Constitution of Pakistan 1973
Pakistani court judgments that consider Art. 34, Constitution of Pakistan 1973, 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
A wife may notify the Union Council of a talaq her husband has already pronounced
Raheel Ahmad v. Tayyaba Haq, etc.
Landmark judgment
Issue: Is a divorce-effectiveness certificate invalid because the wife, not the husband, brought his emailed talaq to the Union Council's notice; and could…
Held: No, the certificate stands. Section 7 puts the duty to notify the Chairman on the husband, but nothing in it stops the wife from reporting a talaq already pronounced and communicated; her intimation does not relieve him of his duty…
Art. 14, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 25, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 34, Constitution of Pakistan 1973