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RAI NAEEM SHAHADAT versus MST. QAMAR MUNIR

Section 5 and Schedule to the Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Article 185 (3) amending the forum for the recovery of dowry articles by the wife before the amendment of the West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964, for the recovery of dowry articles in the civil court. Suit was filed for Such recovery was included in the schedule of the West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964, and the case was decided by the Family Court in favor of the wife judge, and the order passed by the Family Court was upheld by the appellate court. As well as the petition was raised by the High Court. The husband was that the family court had no jurisdiction over the matter as the same case was filed before the civil court. By changing the forum, no one will have the right to change the forum. Suffering from the operation, the Supreme Court refused to interfere with the decisions and the leave to appeal by the courts was denied. famous supreme court advocate from Yazman Mandi lawyer