Rohit De’s article cited by Supreme Court of Pakistan in Ibrahim Khan v. Saimi Khan

Rohit De’s article,  Mumtaz Bibi’s Broken Heart: The Many Lives of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939” 46:1 Indian Economic and Social History Review ( 2009) pp.105-130, was cited by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Ibrahim Khan v. Saimi Khan, a case about the rights of Muslim women to seek a judicial dissolution of marriage. Justice Ayesha Malik cites it multiple times to explain the legislative history and political background of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939. The court relied upon it to hold that Muslim woman’s right to seek khula under Islamic law was independent and distinct from her right to seek judicial dissolution of marriage under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act.