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DR. SEEMA HANIF KHAN vs WAQAS KHAN — 2026 PLD 91 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation
2026 PLD 91 SUPREME-COURT
Court
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year
2026
Reporter
PLD
Parties
DR. SEEMA HANIF KHAN vs WAQAS KHAN
Subject matter
Family
Provisions referred to
Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (VIII of 1961); Muslim Marriages Act; Muslim Family Laws Ordinance

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Judgment text as reported

DR. SEEMA HANIF KHAN VS WAQAS KHAN. Ss. 2(ii), 2(ii-a) & 2(viii)---Muslim Family Laws Ordinance (VIII of 1961), Ss. 6 & 8---Statutory grounds empowering women to seek dissolution of marriage---Scope---Legal framework---Dissolution of marriage means that the marriage can be brought to an end at the instance of the woman if she is able to successfully establish one or more of the statutory grounds provided within the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 (the DMMA)---Section 2 of the DMMA lists the grounds, which include the husband's disappearance, failure to provide maintenance, imprisonment, impotence, insanity, cruelty and, by virtue of clause (ii-a) of the DMMA inserted through the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (MFLO), the taking of an additional wife---Each of these grounds reflects a recognition that the marital bond may become so impaired by the husband's conduct or circumstances that its continuation would cause injustice to the wife---Among the grounds outlined in the DMMA, Section 2(ii) lists out the ground for failure to provide maintenance, Section 2(ii-a) lists out the ground for taking an additional wife and Section 2(viii) presents the ground of cruelty.

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