Civil Judge Kudrat Ullah handed down the verdict after hearing arguments from plaintiff Mohammad Hanif’s lawyer Raja Rizwan Abbasi and others. He sent notices to Khan and Maneka adjourning the lawsuit until July 20.
Last week, Islamabad’s district and parliamentary court overturned a civil judge’s ruling that rejected the former prime minister’s alleged un-Islamic marriage. Earlier, on May 13, Civil Judge Nasir Minoura ruled on allegations that the former prime minister’s marriage to Maneka was illegal and unacceptable.
The plaintiff’s attorney, Raja Rizwan Abbasi, had alleged that Maneka was divorced in November and was in an idat (waiting-after-divorce) period at the time of their marriage in January 2018. Lawyers argued that marriage during the idat period was illegal. The court ruled that the case was beyond its jurisdiction and declared it inadmissible.
Plaintiff then challenged the judgment in trial court, arguing that the civil judge had not heard his case. His lawyer argued that the Section 179 case could be heard in either Lahore or Islamabad because the couple lived in Islamabad after marriage.
