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Judgments on r.5, Family Courts Rules 1965
Pakistani court judgments that consider r.5, Family Courts Rules 1965, 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’s ‘ordinary residence’ decides Family Court jurisdiction; permanent residence is not needed
Mst. Shagufta Bibi v. Additional District Judge, Jahanian and others
Issue: Could an appellate court throw out a wife's whole family suit (khula, maintenance and dowry) for lack of territorial jurisdiction because she…
Held: No. Under the proviso to Rule 6, the Family Court where the wife 'ordinarily resides' has jurisdiction in a suit for dissolution, and 'ordinarily resides' does not mean permanent or long residence: the court must decide from all the evidence…
Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973r.5, Family Courts Rules 1965r.6, Family Courts Rules 1965s.5, Family Courts Act 1964