- —concept and object of—after dissolution of marriage of any character, the observance of iddat, is compulsory for divorce— The ‘Iddat’ may generally be described as “the term by the completion of which a new marriage is rendered lawful” or as the period during which a woman is prohibited from marrying again after dissolution of marriage— the period of Iddat varies when the marriage is dissolved — If a woman is subject to menstruation, the period is 3 courses, if not so subject, the period is 3 lunar months— for pregnant woman the period of Iddat will terminate upon delivery—In case of death, the duration of Iddat is 4 months and ten days— The object behind the observance of period of Iddat is that if any woman is pregnant then the parentage of a minor can easily be ascertained. Safina Choudhry & another v. Zafar Iqbal 2017 SCR 1620 (C)
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