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Judgments on s.2, Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976
Pakistani court judgments that consider s.2, Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976, 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
A husband cannot sue to take back bridal gifts: they belong to the wife
Simra Arif v. Additional District Judge, Lahore & 2 others
Issue: After divorcing his wife, can a husband sue in the Family Court for the return of gold ornaments and a diamond ring…
Held: No. Item 9 of the Schedule gives the Family Court jurisdiction over the personal property and belongings of a wife and of a child living with the mother, not of a husband. Following Muhammad Sajid v. Shamsa Asghar (PLD 2025…
Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973s.2, Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976s.5, Family Courts Act 1964
A working wife may share in property acquired during the marriage; dowry claim sent back
Mst. Amara Waqas v. Muhammad Waqas Rasheed and others
Issue: Was the appellate court right to refuse a working wife any share in household articles she said she bought after the marriage,…
Held: The appellate court went wrong. The wife, a former Pakistan Air Force officer, said her parents gave cash rather than traditional dowry, and the husband himself admitted that no dowry articles were given at the marriage and that he had…
Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973s.2, Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976s.5, Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976