Question: Under what circumstances does the Arbitration Council grant permission to a Muslim husband to enter into a second or subsequent marriage?
Answer:
There is no set guideline that the Arbitration Council follows to grant permission for second marriage or subsequent marriage. It is their sole discretion to decide when an application for a new marriage is just and necessary. However, the Arbitration Council as general practice considers the following circumstances when granting permission: sterility, physical infirmity, physical unfitness for the conjugal relation, willful avoidance of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights, or insanity on the parts of the existing wife.
