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Child Maintenance in Pakistan
Find Pakistani decisions on child maintenance, annual increases and reassessment following an alleged change in means. Read the wording of the decree and the evidence considered in each linked case.
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Maintenance Increase Is Not Compounded Unless Decree Says So: Pakistan Supreme Court
Sadiq Subhani v Sadia Arooj and others · C.P.L.A. No. 4959/2025 (converted into appeal) · Order dated 22 September 2026; approved for reporting; no reporter citation stated in supplied copy
The Supreme Court held that a 20% annual maintenance increase runs on the original amount when the decree is silent on compounding, while section 17A(3) does not cap a court-ordered increase at 10%.
Child Maintenance Can Be Reduced on Proof of Changed Means: Lahore High Court
Mansoor Ali v. Mst. Anam Hussain, etc. · W.P. No. 819 of 2020 with W.P. No. 905 of 2020 · 2024 LHC 6335; approved for reporting; 2026 YLR 2051 listed in external database
LHC allows child maintenance reassessment on proof of changed means and protects wives from dowry depreciation caused by evasive denial during litigation.
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