-suit for recovery of maintenance allowance and dower---Maintenance allowance proportionate to financial status of husband/father--

 Citation Name: 2019 YLR 640
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SAIMA ASHRAF VS ADDITIONAL DISTRICT JUDGE

S. 5 & Sched.---suit for recovery of maintenance allowance and dower---Maintenance allowance proportionate to financial status of husband/father---Scope---Dower---Scope---Petitioner (wife) contended that she was entitled for maintenance allowance proportionate to the financial status of her husband and the dower amount as per entry in Nikahnama--- Validity--- Record revealed that respondent was a retired person getting monthly pension of Rs. 7000; he also owned some agricultural as well as urban land in addition to some cattle---Appellate Court, while dilating upon the issue of maintenance allowance, had taken into account the assets of husband and that he had three wives, including the petitioner---Husband had to maintain all three of them---Maintenance allowance to wife /children by a husband/father was governed by Injunctions of Islam---Appellate Court had determined the issue of maintenance allowance of the petitioner quite reasonably---Column No. 17 of Nikahnama showed that dower amount was only to be given to the petitioner in case of divorce by the husband, whereas marriage between the parties was still intact---No illegality or infirmity having been found in the impugned judgments and decrees passed by the two Courts below constitutional petition was dismissed.