Mst. TAHIRA BEGUM vs Ch. MATIULLAH AND 2 OTHERS — 1971 PLD 866

Citation: 1971 PLD 866

Court: Lahore High Court

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-04-02

Parties: Mst. TAHIRA BEGUM vs Ch. MATIULLAH AND 2 OTHERS

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1971 Lahore 866

Judgment Text

Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Aslam Riaz Hussain, A. R. Sheikh Title: Mst. TAHIRA BEGUM vs Ch. MATIULLAH AND 2 OTHERS Case No.: Writ Petition No, 325 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-04-02 Reported As: PLD 1971 Lahore 866 Result: Order accordingly JUDGMENT JUDGMENT A. R. SHEIKH, J.--This judgment will dispose of two writ petitions (being Writ Petitions Nos, 325 of 1970 and 232 of 1971) arising out of a suit for recovery of Rs, 7,000.00 filed by Mst. Tahira Begum against her husband, Ch. Mati Ullah, on account o dower money (Rs, 4,000.00) and maintenance for fifteen months at the rate of Rs, 200.00 per mensem (Rs, 3,000.00). 2. Briefly stated the facts are that the spouses were married at Lahore on the 9th of December 1962 and according to the Nikahnama, Exh. P. 1, the dower money wasfixed at Rs, 4,000.00. It may be mentioned that although the claim is for deferred dower money, the two columns, namely, moijjal and ghair moijjal, have been left blank in Exh. P. 1. Chaudhri Mati Ullah belongs to Narowal, while Mst. Tahira Begum hails from Lahore, and after marriage the spouses lived at Narowal, where Ch. Mati Ullah is practising as a lawyer. Differences having arisen between the parties, the wife was divorced in June 1964, which divorce became effective in September 1964. It may incidentally be mentioned that the notice of divorce was sent by the husband to the wife at Lahore through the Union Council of the area, where Mst. Tahira Begum lives. The suit was resisted on…

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