Marriage is an agreement, not a sacrament like Hindu marriage: Karnataka High Court

- Confirmation of the order of the Family Court to provide alimony

- No one can escape the responsibility and duty arising from divorce

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has accepted that marriage of Muslims is a kind of agreement which has many meanings, it is not a sacrament like Hindu marriage. The duties and responsibilities arising from the dissolution of the marriage cannot be escaped or relinquished. The entire case is related to an application filed in the High Court by Bhubaneswari Nagar-based Ejajur Rahman seeking quashing of the order passed by the Magistrate of the Family Court, Bangalore on August 15, 2011.

Ejazur Rahman was married in the year 1905, but only a few months after the marriage, he divorced his wife Shairabanu and divorced her and paid her Rs. He also returned Rs 5,000 in cash.

After divorcing his first wife, Ejazur Rahman remarried and became the father of one child. However, his first wife Shairabanu had filed a case against her ex-husband in a civil court on August 9, 2006 for alimony. The Family Court ruled in favor of Shairabanu that the respondent (her husband) should pay Shairabanu Rs. 5000 will have to be given

Family Court Judge Krishna. S. Dixit pays Rs. His application was also rejected along with a fine of Rs 5,000.

The judge observed that marriage is a type of agreement that covers a number of important matters. Marriage is not a sacrament like the marriage of Hindus. Some of the rights and obligations arising from the divorce cannot be escaped, the divorce breaks the marriage, but neither party can escape from both the obligations and rights arising from the divorce.