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The West Pakistan Family Courts Act 1964 governs the jurisdiction of Family Courts. As per schedule in the Act of 1964 family courts entertains the disputes of dissolution of marriage, recovery of maintenance of wives and minors, dower, dowery articles, guardian and wards disputes i.e. custody of minors, recovery of bridal gifts etc.
The district courts of Pakistan are courts that operate at the district level, they are controlled by the high courts. [1] District courts exist in every district of each province, with civil and criminal jurisdiction. In each district headquarters, there are numerous additional district and session judges who usually preside over the courts.
Divorce in Pakistan is mainly regulated under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939 amended in 1961 and the Family Courts Act 1964. [1] Similar to global trends divorce rate is increasing gradually in Pakistan too. [citation needed] In Punjab (Pakistan), in 2014 khula cases registered were 16,942 that rose to 18,901 cases in 2016. [2]
The UK-Pakistan Judicial Protocol on Children Matters is a protocol between senior family court judges of the Family Division of the High Court in England and Wales and The Supreme Court of Pakistan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The protocol relates to the wrongful removal of children, the welfare of abducted children, information flow between courts and ...
While the tradition of British law culture continues to remain an integral part of the judiciary, the modern existence of the Supreme Court of Pakistan came when the first set of the Constitution of Pakistan was promulgated on 23 March 1956.: 10–11 [8]: 24–26 [9] The ratification of the Constitution of Pakistan reestablished the Supreme ...
A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered the five siblings of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead with extensive injuries near London put into a children’s protection center after they were ...
These include the removal of the controversial [4] suo motu prerogative of the Supreme Court, the capping of the Chief Justice of Pakistan's tenure to three-years, the reconstitution of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to sit on judicial appointments, the formation of a separate constitutional bench in the Supreme Court, the limiting ...
Mr Justice Williams ruled in December that the media could not name three judges involved in the historical family court cases related to the 10-year-old, as well as social workers and guardians ...