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Judgments on s.5, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
Pakistani court judgments that consider s.5, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939, 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.
3 judgments
Before accepting Khulla, the court must explain what the wife gives up
Adeena Naz v. Judge Family Court/Guardian Judge Lahore, etc.
Issue: Where a wife sued for dissolution on cruelty and non-maintenance, then stated in court that she wanted Khula and would return her…
Held: Not without more. Her statement was an express request for Khula, so this was not a case of the court imposing Khula, but the court still had to ensure her election was informed and voluntary. Because the record did not…
Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973s.5, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939
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
Cruelty proved: dower stays in full, even after the Shariat Court ruling on section 10(5)
Arslan v. Nisha Shahid etc.
Issue: After the Federal Shariat Court declared section 10(5) and (6) of the Family Courts Act repugnant to Islam (PLD 2022 FSC 25),…
Held: Yes, the Family Court still decides dower on the facts of each case; the Shariat Court removed the fixed surrender formula, not that power. A decree is not Khula just because the word appears in the papers. Where the wife…
Art. 189, Constitution of Pakistan 1973Art. 199, Constitution of Pakistan 1973s.10, Family Courts Act 1964s.2, Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939