MUHAMMAD JAVED IQBAL versus ADDITIONAL SESSIONS/DISTRICT JUDGE-I, LAHORE
Section 5, Schedule Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199 Constitution Petition Rehabilitation Allowance and suit for recovery of dowry articles were decided simultaneously, the husband argued that there was only marriage between the parties and there was nothing. And because no such dowry articles were conveyed to the husband. Property Nickah Nehama showed that no one attended the ceremony on behalf of the husband nor did anyone name the husband regarding the appointment of counsel. It was indicated that at the time of the marriage, the husband was alone, there was no evidence that the family members of the husband attended the ceremony and there is evidence that on the day after the marriage, The husband had gone to resume his job. When the city went back to its duty in another city after a solemn marriage, the question of supply of dowry articles did not arise and the wife could not furnish receipt for the purchase of dowry articles, two months after the marriage. Divorced and husband did not return to his wife in the meantime. The lack of dowry articles proved that the courts below failed to examine the documentary evidence, so it was appropriate to put these findings aside. The High Court set aside the findings of the lower courts and allowed the dismissal case to recover the dowry petition, circumstances \ r \ n \ r \ n
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