“Section 2(d)---“Party”---Definition---Scope (of West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964)

It has been laid down in the case reported as “Muhammad Arif and others v. District and Sessions Judge, Sialkot and others”(2011 SCMR 1591) as under:-

“Section 2(d)---“Party”---Definition---Scope----Definition as given in S.2(d) of West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964 has two parts i.e. (a) any person whose presence as such is considered necessary for the proper decision of the dispute and (b) any person whom Family Court adds as “party” to such dispute ---Definition of word “party” is though not very different from the one obtaining under C.P.C., yet it is comparatively more liberal and extensive than the proverbial “necessary or proper party” of a civil suit.”

Part Of Judgment
Lahore High Court
Writ Petition-Family-Maintenance
1216-17
2017 LHC 2413