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2016 SCMR 1286

GHULAM MUHAMMAD vs RIZWANA YASMEEN and others

Citation2016 SCMR 1286
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition No, 2550-L of 2015
Date2016-05-18
Judge(s)Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Umar Ata Bandial
ResultPetition dismissed

ORDER

' UMAR ATA BANDIAL, J.---The judgment dated 06.10.2015 was delivered by the learned High Court in exercise of its Constitutional jurisdiction whereby the value of the dowry articles decreed in favour of the respondents was fixed at Rs,500,000/-. It is a figure that falls between the amount decreed by the learned Trial Court on 14.07.2014 at Rs, 617,200/- and the reduced amount of Rs,300,000/- fixed by the learned Appellate Court on 07.04.2015. The petitioner did not approach this Court against the said judgment of the learned High Court dated 06.10.2015 and instead filed a review petition before the learned High Court which was dismissed by means of the impugned judgment dated 28.10.2015. The grounds taken in review were rejected by the learned High Court for not representing an error apparent on the face of the record because the objection under the Dowry And Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act, 1976 was never raised at any stage in the proceedings and the jurisdiction of the learned High Court to increase the quantum of A financial award to the respondent is not barred by any law.

2. Before us, the learned counsel has raised a third point that some dowry articles have been compensated although these are not claimed hi the list of articles attached with the plaint by the respondent. This is not a ground that arises out of review proceedings and ought to have been taken before the learned Trial Court.

' For the foregoing discussion we do not find any merit in this petition; as such the same is dismissed. Leave to appeal is declined.

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