Mst. MAQSOODA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN AND Other — 1949 PLD 75

Citation: 1949 PLD 75

Court: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 1969

Decision Date: 1969-09-24

Parties: Mst. MAQSOODA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN AND Other

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1949 Lah. 75

Judgment Text

Court Name: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Judge(s): Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, Chaudhry Rahim Dad Khan Title: Mst. MAQSOODA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD ASLAM KHAN AND Other Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 14 of 1968 Date of Judgment:1969-09-24 Reported As: PLD 1970 Azad J & K 9 Result: Appeal allowed JUDGMENT JUDGMENT MUHAMMAD SHARIF, C. J.-Mst. Maqsooda Begum plaintiff --appellant brought a suit in the Court of th-. Sub-Judge, Pallandri, on 12-5-1966 for dissolution of her marriage with Muhammad Aslam Khan on the ground of exercise of her option of puberty. The defendant on 9-5-1966 had already instituted a suit in the same Court against Mst. Maqsooda Begum and others for resti--tution of conjugal rights. The Sub-Judge, Pallandri, by his judgment dated 30-10-1967 decreed Mst. Maqsooda Begum's suit on the ground of the exercise of her option of puberty while he dismissed the husband's suit for restitution of conjugal rights. The learned District Judge by his judgment and decree dated 12-7-1968 cancelled the decree passed in favour of Mst. Maqsooda Begum and dismissed her suit while at the same time he decreed the husband's suit for restitution of conjugal rights. Mst. Maqsooda Begum has come up in second appeal against the judgment and decree of the learned District Judge. The marriage of the parties was entered in a register of Marriages and the age of Mst. Msqsooda Begum given in this register is 14 years at the time of the Nikah. Doctor Abdul Jalil, Mst. Maqsooda Begum's witness…

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