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Judgments on s.4, Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004
Pakistani court judgments that consider s.4, Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004, 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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A 17-year-old who refuses to live with her father cannot be forced back or kept in a shelter through habeas corpus
Muhammad Mustafa v. District Police Officer, etc.
Issue: Can a father use a habeas petition to recover his 17-year-old daughter, who says she wants to live with her maternal aunt…
Held: No. The girl told the Court she feared her stepmother and chose to live with her khala. The Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016 can be used only with the aggrieved person's consent (s.15), and proceedings under Part…
s.15, Punjab Protection of Women Against Violence Act 2016s.4, Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act 2004s.491, Code of Criminal Procedure 1898