ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court has given a verdict that only the first wife can challenge her husband’s second unlawful marriage if solemnised without her consent/permission.
LHC Judge Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafiq gave this decision during a hearing of a case this week. A man had lodged an FIR against his brother-in-law for marrying the second time without taking permission from his wife. The judge quashed the case during the proceeding.
Ghazanfar Naveed was booked in separate FIRs in 2011 and 2013. Complainants stated that Ghazanfar had forged the permission letter, required to be signed by his first wife, to marry again.
Naveed’s counsel told the court that the content in both the complaints was the same and that matters concerning spouses fall under the jurisdiction of the family courts. Meanwhile, the complainant’s lawyers said that the man has committed “alleged forgery”.
In his verdict, Justice Rafiq said, that two FIRS under one proceedings or the complainant are not permissible under the law. Every version of theirs will be put in the same FIR and a private complaint can only be filed if the first one stands canceled.
