After 46 years of legal battle, the Supreme Court on Tuesday recognised a woman’s lawful inheritance, giving her a share of her father’s property.
According to details, the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) quashed the appeal of the woman’s brothers against the earlier decision of the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
In 1976, the brothers had taken possession of the inheritance portion that belonged to their sister. In 2005, she filed a civil lawsuit against her brothers, and in 2012 she filed a session court lawsuit. She visited PHC in 2017 and was given a favourable ruling.
A petition contesting the decision in Zaitoon Bibi’s favour by the high court was considered by a bench presided over by Justice Ijazul Ahsan.
Judge Ijaz-ul-Ahsan questioned how a young girl could give away her property. Justice Ijaz noted that the arrangement was opaque because the woman was a minor when she supposedly gifted the property, rejecting the brothers’ appeal and awarding the woman her rightful part of the inherited property.
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