Mst. ZAREEFA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN — 1967 PLD 17

Citation: 1967 PLD 17

Court: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Year: 1971

Decision Date: 1971-08-31

Parties: Mst. ZAREEFA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN

Headnotes

Case cited as PLD 1967 Pesh. 17

Judgment Text

Court Name: High Court of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Judge(s): Khawaja Muhammad Yousaf Saraf Title: Mst. ZAREEFA BEGUM vs MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN Case No.: Criminal Revision No. 16 of 1970 Date of Judgment:1971-08-31 Reported As: PLD 1972 Azad J & K 14 Result: Application accepted Judgment ORDER The petitioner as orphan, lives with her widowed mother, a refugee. Married to one Mohammad Shafi, the non---applicant, a hotelier, manipulated her divorce. A grandpa: his second son was a student of B. A. Two years back. It appears from evidence, that the senior wife who was lucky enough to command the support of grown up children, made it impossible for the petitioner, as could be expected, to live under the same roof resulting in the latter's returning back to her mother. Some time later she sued for divorce and after the non-applicant received notice of the suit, he countered by suing for restitution of conjugal rights. He succeeded and on 7-3-1966 while the divorce suit was dismissed, his suit was decreed. However, the girl continued to live with her mother and on 10-6-1969 filed an application for maintenance. The Magistrate having dismissed it, she has come in revision to this Court. I have carefully gone through the record and given my earnest consideration to the arguments addressed by the learned counsel for the parties. It is admitted by Alam Din D. W. The non-applicant's cousin that she had been living with her mother four d ears prior to the passing of the decree. Thus when she…

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