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Citation: 1974 PLD 367
Court: Lahore High Court
Year: 1966
Decision Date: 1966-03-02
Parties: Mst. BAKHT BIBI vs MEHR KHAN AND 2 Other
Case cited as PLD 1974 Lahore 367
Court Name: Lahore High Court Judge(s): Inamullah Khan, Karam Elahi Chauhan Title: Mst. BAKHT BIBI vs MEHR KHAN AND 2 Other Case No.: Letters Patent Appeal No. 200 of 1959 Date of Judgment:1966-03-02 Reported As: PLD 1974 Lahore 367 Result: Appeal accepted Judgment ORDER K. E. CHAUHAN, J.-The following pedigree-table will be helpful in understanding the facts of the present case. ADHMUN Ghulam HussainJaha Khan Died in1938 and left Mehar Khan widow Mst. Gullan(plaintiff) Mst. ZohranMst. B kht Bibi (daughter)(daughter) 2. The land which is the subject-matter of the present case belonged to Ghulam Hussain who died in the year 1938. On his death, the land was mutated in the name of his widow Mst. Gullan, defendant No. 3. She contracted a second marriage with the plaintiff-respondent Mehr Khan, and her right to remain in possession of the land in dispute having come to an end under custom, the land was mutated in favour of Mst. Zohran/or Zohra, defendant No. 2, who at that time was unmarried daughter of Ghulam Husain. The other daughter of Ghulam Husain, namely, Mst. Bakht Bibi, who is defendant No. 1 in this case, having already married, was not given any share. Mst. Zohra, defendant No. 2, married, according to the plaintiff before Shariat Act of 1948, but according to the defendants after that period. She then sold a part of that land to her other sister defendant --- ## Page 2 No. 1. The present suit was brought by Mehr Khan on 24-4-57 on the allegation that as Mst. Zohra…
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