Nizam v. Beebi – sllr 1998 volume 1 page 047

Brief
In the case between Nizam (Appellant) and Thajun Beebi (Respondent), the court addressed the issue of whether a Quazi has jurisdiction to adjudicate a maintenance claim for an illegitimate child under the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act, as opposed to the Maintenance Ordinance, and the statutory liability of a natural father to maintain an illegitimate child under Muslim law. It was held that section 47(1)(cc) of the Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act confers the right on an illegitimate child to claim maintenance and that the time limitations in the Maintenance Ordinance do not restrict this jurisdiction. The holding reaffirms the principle that exclusive statutory jurisdiction granted to the Quazi under the Act operates independently of the Maintenance Ordinance’s procedural bars. Thi