Supreme Court of India

K.A. Abdul Jaleel v. T.A. Shahida

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Reported as [2003] 3 S.C.R. 498
Decided 10 April 2003

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Family Court Act; Section 7 and Explanation thereunder: Property dispute between parties to divorce-Jurisdiction of Family Court-Held: Family courts have been established for resolving marriage/ family disputes-Applying the principle of broad construction, jurisdiction of such courts should be construed liberally-Hence parties to marriage cannot be restricted to parties to subsisting marriage only-Family Court could resolve property dispute of parties to divorce-Interpretation of statutes-Rules of construction. Words and Phrases: 'parties to the proceedings '-Meaning of Appellant-husband and

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Of those, 2 referred to · 1 mentioned

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