Ambreen Akram of Faisalabad filed the appeal, submitting that her husband divorced her after two years of their marriage [nikah]. Honesty is a state of mind: CJPCJP Nisar questioned Akram’s counsel on how a woman could claim maintenance if she had not fulfilled conjugal rights. “In our society, no court can force a husband and wife to live together as it creates bigger problems,” he observed. However, the CJP admitted appeal of the lady, observing that she had raised an important question about whether a divorced woman who had never lived with her husband could claim maintenance. “This legal question is important which must be determined in light of the Muhammadan law,” Justice Nisar observed.

Source: The Express Tribune December 30, 2017 03:45 UTC