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Recovery of Dowry Articles 2013 YLR 852 Case Laws

Recovery of Dowry Articles, 2013 YLR 852, Case Laws

Recovery of Dowry Articles 2013 YLR 852 Case Laws, Section 5 & Sched.—Constitution of Pakistan, Art.199—Constitutional petition—Recovery of dower, dowry articles, maintenance allowance and delivery expenses—Concurrent findings of Trial Court and Appellate Court by which decree for maintenance for son, recovery of dower amount and dowry articles was passed in favour of the wife (respondent)—Husband (petitioner) in his petition did not challenge the quantam of maintenance allowance as fixed by courts below but objected to the 20% annual increase in the said allowance—Husband also contented that dowry list was not signed by him or his representative and list of dowry articles exhibited in the court did not mention their prices—Validity—Petitioner had failed to produce his salary slips to establish his contention that 20% annual increase in maintenance allowance was beyond his means—Minor son was a ‘special child’ because of which wife had to incur a lot of expense on his medical treatment—Such fact was also admitted by one of petitioner’s witnesses, in view of which 20% annual increase in maintenance allowance was rightly fixed by courts below—Wife had proved the list of dowry articles, as the same was signed by her and she had also produced different receipts regarding the purchase of said dowry articles—Husband having failed to point out any illegality or irregularity in concurrent findings of Trial Court and Appellate Court below, his petition was dismissed.

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