Lahore High Court has directed the ex-husband to pay Rs 10 lakh as mahr to his first wife, who is seeking a settlement without her consent. Justice Abid Hussain Chaudhry issued an eight-page verdict on the request of Mohnaz Salim. The court has accepted the request of the applicant wife to pay the value of her jehiz, expenses, and mahr according to her value. The Lahore High Court has amended the trial court’s decision, stating that the husband is bound to pay the first wife the mahr amount immediately if he marries another woman without her consent. Islamabad Supreme Court of Pakistan had ruled that the husband is bound to pay the mahr amount to the first wife until the divorce becomes effective.
The court has ordered the husband to pay the wife Rs 15,000 monthly expenses and the value of her jehiz until the divorce takes effect. The verdict states that the legal provision is in place to protect the financial rights of women and prevent clandestine marriages. The case revolves around three points of contention – mahr amount, expenses, and jehiz value. The family court had ordered the husband to pay Rs 10.5 lakh, Rs 15,000 monthly expenses, and Rs 45,000 in installments for 45 days. The Lahore High Court stated that the family court had ordered the husband to pay Rs 10.5 lakh, which is the value of her jehiz. The parties had filed an appeal against the family court’s decision in the sessions court, and the trial court had partially accepted the husband’s appeal and declared the decision on mahr and expenses null and void.
The verdict states that the trial court had reduced the value of jehiz from Rs 10.5 lakh to Rs 4 lakh. Mohnaz had approached the Lahore High Court against the trial court’s decision, stating that the husband had married another woman without her consent and had also married a third woman. She stated that the husband had thrown her out of the house in three worn-out clothes. The family court stated that the husband had orally divorced her, and therefore, he was only bound to pay the expenses during the period of iddat. The court’s verdict states that the husband had claimed that the wife had forged her entry in the nikahnama to claim Rs 10 lakh as mahr. The husband stated that the wife had left the house of her own free will and was therefore not entitled to expenses.
The verdict states that the husband’s claim of having another wife is proven by the record. The husband had a moral obligation to disclose the fact of his second marriage at the time of nikah. There is no evidence that the wife had left the house due to her misconduct or disobedience. The government prioritizes human empathy and legal requirements, providing amenities to every prisoner as per the law: Tariq Fazal Chaudhry.
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