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Consent in court marriage procedure in Pakistan

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Family Court would also be right in decreeing suit for jactitation of marriage filed against plaintiff if court marriage procedure in Pakistan was not rightly followed. Shariat Court upholding judgment of Family Court and dismissing appeal filed to challenge it. Court marriage procedure in Pakistan without consent of first wife is irregular. Ten acres of agricultural land which was mentioned in marriage certificate. Suit for recovery of dower and maintenance allowance was prayed by the plaintiff along with the divorce procedure in Pakistan. Family Court and Appellate Court had concurrently decreed suits filed by the plaintiff. Held, Defendant husband had contracted second marriage without consent of first wife and was living with his second wife and had failed to pay maintenance to first wife and minor child for the last five years. First wife maintained that Haq Mahr by the courts below had extensively Defendant husband had contracted second marriage fixed at the time of marriage w...