The appellant sought to challenge the decision of the Kualasimpang Shari'a Court to grant the respondent an irrevocable divorce (talak satu ba'in sughra).
In upholding the decision of the lower court, the Court acknowledged that the parties had already quarrelled for some time because of the appellant having had an extra-marital affair. The Court found that these were sufficient reasons to fulfil the requirements of art 39(1) and (2) of Law No. 1 of 1974 on Marriage to grant a divorce.