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| 1989 SLG 162 1989 SLD 162 1989 PTD 1169 (1989) 60 TAX 106 1989 SCC 718 |
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Civil Appeal No.32 of 1980, decision dated: 19-04-1989
MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, JUSTICEUSMAN ALI SHAH, JUSTICEALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Muhammad Amin Butt, Advocate Supreme Court and Rana Maqbool Ahmed Qadri Advocate-on-Record.
Respondent(s) by: M. Ilyas Khan, Advocate Supreme Court and Ch. M. Aslam Chattha Advocate- on-Record.
Civil Appeal No.32 of 1980, decision dated: 19-04-1989
MUHAMMAD AFZAL ZULLAH, JUSTICEUSMAN ALI SHAH, JUSTICEALI HUSSAIN QAZILBASH, JUSTICE
Petitioner(s) by: Muhammad Amin Butt, Advocate Supreme Court and Rana Maqbool Ahmed Qadri Advocate-on-Record.
Respondent(s) by: M. Ilyas Khan, Advocate Supreme Court and Ch. M. Aslam Chattha Advocate- on-Record.
MIAN AZIZ A. SHEIKHVSTHE COMMISSIONER OF Income Tax INVESTIGATION, LAHORE
Law: Income Tax Act, 1922
Section: 16(3)(a)(iii),23,66(1)
Law: Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Section: 185(3),203Ato203-J,227,227(1),227(2),2A
(a) Income-tax Act (XI of 1922)---Ss. 16(3)(a)(iii), 23 & 66(1)--Constitution of Pakistan (1973) Art 185(3)--Question of general public importance--Leave to appeal was granted where case involved interpretation of Ss.16(3)(a)(iii), 23 & 66(1), Income-tax Act, 1922 and the Muslim Law relevant to the increase in the dower of Muslim female.-[Muhammadan Law]. (b) Income tax Act (XI of 1922)-- ---Ss. 16(3)(a)(iii), 23 & 66(1)--Muhammadan Law--Dower--Increase in dower of his wife by a Muslim husband--Mode of proof--Provisions of Ss. 16(3)(a)(iii), 23 & 66(1), Income-tax Act, 1922, or any other statute or Rules do not insist upon any requirement regarding mode and rule of evidence--Acknowledgement of any from including declaration by husband with regard to increase of dower is quite sufficient to prove increase--Factum of increase cannot always be in presence of witnesses or the subject-matter of contemporaneous record about it as assumed, by Income-tax Authorities and approved by High Court--Rule of evidence to prove increase by husband which goes against injunctions of Islam was set aside and declared as of no effect.--[ Muhammadan Law]. (c) Muhammadan Law-- ---Dower--Increase of dower by husband--Rule of evidence to prove-¬ Acknowledgement in any form including declaration by husband with regard to increase of dower is, quite sufficient to prove the same-Rule of evidence in Islamic law relating to dower and its increase based on acknowledgement, declaration and/or possession of property said to have been delivered in lieu of dower, is not mere rule of procedure and appreciation of evidence but partakes of the substantive Islamic law. Syed 'Ameer Ali's work '(Pakistan Edition), 1965, Vo1.2, p. 423; Muslim Law by Saksena, Third Edition, p. 229;: Hedya 2nd Edition, Vol. 1, p. 45; Baillie's Digest of Muslim Law;. Jahurdan Garib Khan and others v. Sakina Bibi and others JAIR 1934 Cal. 210 at 212; Mst. Iqbal Begum AIR1935 Lah.816; Chan Pir v. Fakar Shah AIR 1940 Lah.104; Ibrahim Bura v, Ise Rasul 41 Bom. 5; Sajjad Hussain v. Muhammad Sayed Hassan 1934 A11.71; Mst. Rukisyia Begum v. Radha Kishan AIR 1944 All. 214; Mst. Allah Jawai v. Allah Ditta P L D 1975…
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