PAK LAW GPT — Pakistan Case Law AI justice scale emblemPAK LAW GPTCase law · Urdu & English

Mst. NAJM-UN-NISA vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA S — 2021 PLC(CS) 434 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation
2021 PLC(CS) 434 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court
Peshawar High Court
Year
2021
Reporter
PLC
Parties
Mst. NAJM-UN-NISA vs GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA S
Subject matter
Constitutional
Provisions referred to
S. 3---S

Fields are extracted from the reported citation and judgment text. Where a detail is not stated in the record, it is not shown.

Judgment text as reported

Mst. NAJM-UN-NISA VS GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA S.3---Succession act (XXXIX of 1925), Ss.15 & 16---appointment of primary school teachers---Domicile acquired by woman on marriage---Wife's domicile during marriage---Scope---Petitioners applied against the post of primary school teacher for which inter alia the eligibility criteria was that the candidate must be the permanent resident of the Union Council where the school was located---Contention of the department was that the petitioners belonged to other Union Councils, therefore, their names were not considered for their appointment in the Union Councils, where they had applied---Validity---Permanent place of residence of the petitioners according to their CNIC were the Union Councils in which the posts were advertised but before interview they were married to persons who were residents of other Union Councils---Petitioners were issued fresh CNICs and their permanent place of residence was changed---Married women normally followed the domicile of her husband during subsistence of the marriage---Constitutional petitions were dismissed.

Other judgments reported in 2021 PLC

Back to the case-law library · Search Pakistani case law in Urdu or English