Sideek Noorul Hidaya v. Marjan Mohamed Jazil – CA REVISION APPLICATION NO: 0025/17-2022

In the case between Sideek Noorul Hidaya (wife) and Marjan Mohamed Jazil (husband), the court addressed the issue of whether the Orders of the Board of Quazi and the Quazi of Dumbara concerning the recovery of arrears of maintenance for children should be revised or set aside, and whether “exceptional circumstances” existed to invoke the Court of Appeal’s revisionary jurisdiction under Article 138 of the Constitution where a statutory right of appeal existed. It was held that there were no such exceptional circumstances, and the application for revision was dismissed, reaffirming the principle that revisionary powers are to be exercised sparingly and only in the absence of an adequate alternate remedy. The decision relied on established statutory criteria under the Muslim Marriage and Divo