๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ/๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ/๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐–๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ/๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐š๐ค๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ž๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐‘๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐š ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐-๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ซ: ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐€๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐‚

Custody of a minor is one of the most litigated and contested matter in family laws in our country. Time and again, the higher judiciary has held that the pivot to decide the issue of custody of a minor is to see where the welfare of the minor lies: whether it lies with the mother, the father or with a third party such as grandfather or grandmother etc. It is not to see it is whose right among the parents to have the custody of the minor.

The Supreme Court in this background has decided a custody case of a minor where both of the parents were contesting for the custody of the minor since 2017. The Court held that the subordinate judiciary must consider in custody cases that where the welfare of the minor lies, and the decide the case on this score alone. However, there could be numerous considerations and variables for determination of the welfare of the minor. The criterion for determination of welfare must not be a specific factor or fact of a given case, rather the courts must appreciate the whole facts and circumstances of the case and decide with whom the welfare of the minor lies among the parents.

The Court further clarified a very crucial aspect of the custody cases. In most of the case where the mother has contacted second marriage, it is asserted by the father that the custody of the minor shall prevail with him, not the mother as she has remarried. The Court held to this effect that second marriage of a mother is not a stand-alone reason to disqualify her from the custody of the minor. The Court went a step further and ruled that even a mother’s illiteracy, disability and financial statusย  ย are also not the sole determinants for deciding the welfare of the minor.ย  Other factors, such as the age, a minor’s preference if he/she can make judgment, religion, education, emotional attachment and environment etc must be taken into consideration.

The Court ends the judgment by issuing directions to the relevant state functionaries, the President, Governors, Chief Commissioner of Islamabad, for ensuring protection and welfare of children in the light of Articles 29 (3) and 35 of the Constitution. The Federal Judicial Academy was also directed to arrange special courses to train the family courts judges on how to decide the family matters in friendly and congenial environment.

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