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The Bombay High Court directed restoration of custody of a minor child to her father in habeas corpus proceedings, observing that emotional attachment with the maternal aunt could not override the father’s undisputed legal right without any evidence showing that custody with him would be detrimental to the child’s welfare.
“With regard to the maintenance of the child, this court is of the view that in the presence of biological father of the child, the stepfather cannot be asked to maintain the child.”
The attitude towards early love relationships, especially adolescent love, had to be scrutinized in the backdrop of their real-life situations to understand their actions in each situation because the teenagers who try to imitate romantic culture of films and novels, remain unaware about the laws and the age of consent.
The Delhi High Court opined that passports can be issued under different circumstances without the name of the father, depending upon the factual position in each case and no hard and fast rule can be applied.
Madras High Court: P.T. Asha, J., addressed a matter in relation to adoption and modification in the birth certificate of a minor in