ALI AZHAR vs PROVINCE OF SINDH art — 2023 PLD 265 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2023 PLD 265 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURT
Court: Federal Shariat Court
Year: 2023
Reporter: PLD
Parties: ALI AZHAR vs PROVINCE OF SINDH art
Subject matter: Civil
Provisions referred to: S. 2; Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act

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Judgment text as reported

ALI AZHAR VS PROVINCE OF SINDH art. 203-D---Federal Shariat Court, jurisdiction of---Relief in personam---Grant of relief in personam is beyond the jurisdiction of the Federal Shariat Court and, therefore, cannot be granted. Head NotesCase Description Citation Name: 2023 PLD 265 FEDERAL-SHARIAT-COURTBookmark this Case ALI AZHAR VS PROVINCE OF SINDH Ss. 2(a), 8 & Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 203-D---Shariat petition---Setting the age of 18, as mentioned in S. 2(a) of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013, as the minimum legal age for males and females for the purposes of marriage---Repugnancy to Injunctions of Islam---Relation of marriage does not depend only on the fact that whether the parties to a marriage have attained the age of puberty or not, but it requires certain mental maturity also---Time period to attain sexual puberty and mental maturity may and may not be the same---One who does not have the means to have a healthy marital life must wait for having better economic and other conditions necessary to lead a healthy marital life---Act of setting a minimum age limit for marriage and setting age for an adult eligible to solemnize marriage vide impugned S. 2(a) of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013 is not against the injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. Head NotesCase Description

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