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

Citation Name: 2023 MLD 2073 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SAHIBZADA HAROON ALI SYED vs ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE S — 2023 MLD 2073 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE

Case information

Citation
2023 MLD 2073 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHORE
Court
Lahore High Court
Year
2023
Reporter
MLD
Parties
Citation Name: 2023 MLD 2073 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SAHIBZADA HAROON ALI SYED vs ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE S
Subject matter
Family
Provisions referred to
S. 5---C

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

Citation Name: 2023 MLD 2073 LAHORE-HIGH-COURT-LAHOREBookmark this Case SAHIBZADA HAROON ALI SYED VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE S. 5---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 199---Constitutional petition---Maintenance allowance---Quantum---Iddat period---Petitioner/ex-husband was aggrieved of maintenance allowance fixed by two Courts below---Validity---Trial Court after taking into consideration oral as well as documentary evidence on record fixed quantum of maintenance allowance keeping in view the financial status of petitioner/ex-husband---Petitioner/ex-husband did not produce any documentary proof/ evidence in order to support his version---High Court declined quantum of maintenance allowance fixed by Trial Court to be termed as harsh as it was hardly sufficient in view of prevailing inflation, to meet needs of daily life of respondents/ex-wife and minor children---Petitioner/ex-husband was legally, morally and religiously bound to maintain his children at every cost and no exception could be taken to it---Petitioner/ex-husband was not able to establish and substantiate necessities of minor children, his affordability and sources of his income otherwise than determined concurrently by Courts below---Trial Court was not justified to grant maintenance allowance to the respondent/ex-wife after effectiveness of divorce rather it should have been granted till Iddat period only---High Court set aside the findings of Trial Court to the extent of award of maintenance allowance to respondent/ex-wife after iddat period and maintenance allowance was modified accordingly---Constitutional petition was allowed accordingly.

Other judgments reported in 2023 MLD

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