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HAZRAT BILAL vs Mst — 2024 CLC 1772 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT

Case information

Citation
2024 CLC 1772 PESHAWAR-HIGH-COURT
Court
Peshawar High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
CLC
Parties
HAZRAT BILAL vs Mst
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 5

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Judgment text as reported

HAZRAT BILAL VS Mst. ASMAT BIBI S.5, Sched.---Recovery of maintenance of minors---Inability of parents to maintain their children---Responsibility of financially sound grandfather to maintain his grandchildren in his life time---Scope---Petitioners belonged to a well-off family, as undisputedly fixation of 30 Tolas gold to bride/respondent as her dower spoke volume about sound financial status of the petitioners---Grandfather was admittedly a landlord of the area having sufficient resources and under the law and Sharia, if a father is unable to maintain his minor children, then the grandfather has to maintain his grandchildren---Para 370 of Principles of Muhammadan Law provides that if father and mother are poor or infirm, the obligation to maintain the children lies on the grandfather, provided he is in easy circumstances as the minors cannot be left remediless in the lifetime of a grandfather having reasonable financial resources---Constitution petition was dismissed accordingly.

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