| Details | Mataa is something to which a divorced woman is entitled and which the former husband is under an obligation to pay seems to follow naturally from the Ayat [241, Sura Bakara] itself. But the whole question is whether Mataa can be equated with maintenance as has been done by the High Court Division. We shall see whatever be the meaning of Mataa it is certainly not maintenance as can be claimed within the meaning of maintenance under the Family Court Ordinance. [see Hefzur Rahman (Md) Vs. Shamsun Nahar Begum and another, 1999, 28 CLC (HCD) = 51 DLR (AD)(1999) 172] |
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