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Judgments on O.I r.10, Code of Civil Procedure 1908
Pakistani court judgments that consider O.I r.10, Code of Civil Procedure 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.
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The paternal grandfather can be joined in a maintenance suit, but his liability comes second
Nizam ud Din v. Additional District Judge etc.
Issue: Can the minors' paternal grandfather be added as a defendant at the appeal stage of their maintenance suit, while the father is…
Held: Yes. The father must maintain his children first; if he cannot, the duty may pass to the mother and, if she too is poor, to the paternal grandfather in easy circumstances (paragraph 370 of Mulla's Muhammadan Law). Following Bashir Ahmad…
Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973O.I r.10, Code of Civil Procedure 1908