Arzoo Raja case suspect challenges child marriage law in SHC
Case adjourned indefinitely SAMAA | Irfan Ul Haque Posted: May 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 4 hours ago
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Azhar Ali, the man who has been accused of marrying 13-year-old Arzoo Fatima in Karachi, has challenged Sindh’s child marriage law. He claimed that the minimum age of marriage in the province–18 years is not Shariah compliant.
A Sindh High Court bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, remarked that the petitioner should take the case to the Shariat court. “What does 18th Amendment have to do with child marriages? How is the child marriage law against Islam?”
Sindh Child Marriage Restraining Act challenged in SHC
Karachi
May 2, 2021
The Sindh Child Marriage Restraining Act 2013 has been challenged in the Sindh High Court as “against the injunction of Islam and the constitution”, which cannot be applied to the Muslims.
Petitioner Ali Azhar submitted that he married Arzoo Fatima after she converted to Islam on October 13, 2020, but she was not being allowed to live with him due to the Sindh Child Marriage Restraining Act 2013.
He submitted that vires of the act are against the injunction of Islam and are therefore not applicable to the Muslims. He submitted that the family judge has to decide each and every issue of Muslim marriage in light of the Muslim law according to their religion. He submitted that he filed a suit in a family court for the restitution of conjugal rights, but it was dismissed by the court and the appellate court.
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SHC seeks replies over China cutting of 900 amenity plots
No amenity plots left in Musharraf Colony, says petitioners counsel
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court sought replied on Monday from the provincial government, the Lyari Expressway Resettlement Project (LERP) officials, and other relevant authorities, over a plea pertaining to China cutting of 900 amenity plots.
Coined by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the term China cutting refers to the slicing of plots from parks and land earmarked for public amenities, and turning them into residential and commercial properties to be sold off for a huge profit.
During the hearing, the petitioners counsel contended that no amenity plot is left in Musharraf Colony. All plots reserved for schools, parks and hospitals were sold out after China cutting, said the counsel, adding that the 900 amenity plots were worth billions of rupees.