COMPETENT WITNESSES: Whether parties under Islamic Law will be deemed competent witnesses in their respective claims
HELD:
"The principle of Islamic law on the competence of a party to testify in his own case was correctly stated by the Court below. It is that parties are not competent witnesses in Court in their respective cases.
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