Landmark case
Demo: Khurshid Bibi v. Muhammad Amin (Khula)
Also known as: Khurshid Bibi
PLD 1967 SC 97
- Court
- supreme court
- Decided
- 1967
- Bench
- Hamoodur Rahman J
family
Summary
PLACEHOLDER summary — recognition of khula as the wife's independent right to dissolution of marriage.
Key holdings
1. A wife may obtain dissolution on khula if continuance of marriage involves harm.
2. Court is competent to grant khula even without husband's consent.
Significance
Foundational family-law authority on khula in Pakistan.
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