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" THE CLOCK PUT BACK : [QUAZI V THE CLOCK PUT BACK : [QUAZI V. QUAZI]   By   C. M. SHAFQAT 1   Quazt v. Quazi2 is one of the few cases which have so far dealt with the interpretation of the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separation Act, 1971, made in pursuance of The Hague Convention of 1968 on the subject, concluded in order to remedy the evil of `limping marriages'. Ormrod, L. J., wrote the judgment far the Court of Appeal which, besides himself, consisted of Orr and Brown, L, JJ. The parties, Muhammad Ameeruddin Quazi (the husband) and Bilguis Hehan (phonetically Bilqis Jehan) Begum Quazi (the wife), who came from Anrangabad in the former State of Hyderabad, now in India, were married in 1963.   Further facts were a trifle involved. The parties moved to Dacca in the former East Pakistan, where they acquired Pakistani nationality. In January, 1964 they went to live in Bangkok, where they acquired their domicile. On 22 March 1968 they went through the pocess of khula`, a form of divorce under Muslim law. However, they continued to live under the same roof, even after they shifted to Penang in Malaysia in 1970. In February 1973, their itinerary brought them to Karachi in Pakistan, where after spending one night in separate rooms in the house of relatives, they went on to live separately. Any sexual relation betwcen them after the khula` appears to have been disclaimed. Their odyssey was not yet over. The husband went on to London, where subsequently he purchased a house, in which he has been living. Marriage continued to come under strain, and apparently under the impression that the khu/a` was ineffective, he wrote to the wife intimating that he was going to dissolve the marriage by talaq, another form of divorce. By way of answer, the wife,…