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1997 SCMR 425

Mrs. FARHAT YASMINE vs Malik ZULFIQAR And Other

Citation1997 SCMR 425
CourtSupreme Court of Pakistan
Case No.Civil Petition for Leave to Appeal No.233 of 1995Writ Petition No.828 of 1994
Date1995-11-13
Judge(s)Fazal Ilahi Khan, Ajmal Mian
ResultLeave granted

ORDER

AJMAL MIAN, J.---This is a petition for leave to appeal against the judgment dated 12-3-1995 passed by a learned Single Judge of the Lahore High Court in Writ Petition No.828 of 1994, filed by respondent No.1-husband against the concurrent judgments of the learned Guardian Judge, Rawalpindi, dated 21-9-1992 and of the learned Additional District Judge, Rawalpindi, dated 2-2- 1994 granting custody of the minor daughter, then aged about eight years, allowing the same by setting aside the aforesaid concurrent judgments and granting the custody of the minor to respondent No.1 i.e. The father. The petitioner has, therefore, filed the present petition for leave to appeal.

2. In support of the above petition, Mr. Muhammad Ilyas Siddiqui, learned A.S.C. For the petitioner, has contended that the learned Judge in Chambers was not justified in interfering with the concurrent finding of the to competent Courts to the effect that minor's welfare would be in granting her custody to the mother. His further submission was that since the child was a female, the petitioner, in the absence of any disqualification under Muslim Law, was entitled to the custody till the marriage.

3. We are inclined to grant leave to consider the question, whether in the facts and circumstances of the present case the learned Judge in Chambers was justified in pressing into service his Constitutional jurisdiction for setting aside the concurrent judgments of the to competent Courts.

Leave is, accordingly, granted. The execution proceedings before the trial Court pursuant to the High Court's judgment are stayed.

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