2037/2021 Suit Natasha Malik (Plaintiff) V/S Naeem Malik & others (Defendant)

Sindh High Court2023

Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author)

2037/2021 Suit Natasha Malik (Plaintiff) V/S Naeem Malik & others (Defendant) Sindh High Court Bench: Hon'ble Chief Justice Mr. Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui(Author) Order Date: 10-MAY-23 As per Article 128 of the |Qanoon-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 the only person competent to dispute the parentage of the plaintiff would be her putative father (and that too only if the father had refused to own the child from the outset). However, defendants No.1 and 2 contend that Article 128 is only applicable to cases where illegitimacy is being contended and not to cases of adoption. The approach of our superior courts in response to Article 128 covers both.

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2037/2021 Suit Natasha Malik (Plaintiff) V/S Naeem Malik & others (Defendant)

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