{
  "id": 9203066,
  "title": "Dower not a ‘price’ for wife but her mandatory legal right, SC rules",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/dower-not-a-price-for-wife-but-her-mandatory-legal-right-sc-rules-9203066",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T21:33:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1556889/dower-not-a-price-for-wife-but-her-mandatory-legal-right-sc-rules/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Supreme Court has held that dower (Haq Mehr) is a mandatory legal right arising from marriage and constitutes the exclusive property of the wife, which neither the husband nor his relatives can extinguish or have waived without her free consent. The court further held that a nikahnama is not merely a government record but constitutes […]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Dower not a ‘price’ for wife but her mandatory legal right, SC rules",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/dower-not-a-price-for-wife-but-her-mandatory-legal-right-sc-rules",
        "published": "2026-09-22T10:58:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ProPakistani",
        "title": "Supreme Court Rules Haq Mahr is Wife’s Legal Right",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/supreme-court-rules-haq-mahr-is-wifes-legal-right",
        "published": "2026-09-22T16:06:59.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}