Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 225 · Decided 10 April 2003
K.A. Abdul Jaleel v. T.A. Shahida
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 225 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 498
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3322/2003
- Decided
- 10 April 2003
- Bench
- V.N. KHARE, S.B. SINHA, AR. LAKSHMANAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Family Court Act; Section 7 and Explanation thereunder: Property dispute between parties to divorce-Jurisdiction of Family C Court-Held: Family courts have been established for resolving marriage/ family disputes-Applying the principle of broad construction, jurisdiction of such courts should be marriage only-Family Court could resolve property dispute of parties to divorce-Interpretation of statutes-Rules of D construction. Words and Phrases: 'parties to the proceedings '-Meaning of Appellant-husband and respondent-wife were married and after the E birth of their second child they
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