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Judgments on Art. 4, Constitution of Pakistan 1973
Pakistani court judgments that consider Art. 4, 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.
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Supreme Court: a statutory dissolution claim cannot be turned into khula without the wife’s consent (shiqaq)
Mst. Zainab Bibi v. Muhammad Waseem and others; Mst. Iram Naz Begum v. Fazal Khaliq and others
Issue: When a wife sues for dissolution on the ground of cruelty and cruelty is not proved, can the Family Court grant khula…
Held: No. Converting a claim for statutory dissolution into khula without the wife's clear and voluntary election is an error of law. On the record, the Supreme Court sustained the dissolutions on the different ground of shiqaq under section 2(ix) of…
Art. 14, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 25, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 4, Constitution of Pakistan 1973