2025 SCC Vol. 4 Part 3
Court can consider any document with intrinsic worth having bearing on lis decided earlier
custody of child
‘Right of child precedes parents’ guilt’; Orissa HC restores custody of infant girl with biological parents accused of abandoning her and kidnapping male child from hospital
“The inalienable rights of the infant child supersede all the attending adverse circumstances alleged against the biological parents of the baby. Notwithstanding the pendency of the criminal proceeding, the petitioners were entitled to claim custody of the infant being biological parents under the ‘tender years doctrine’.”
SC stays Andhra Pradesh HC’s order granting 4.5-year-old child’s custody to father and allowing to take him back to USA
The mother in her undertaking stated that she got a job in Consulate General of India’s office at San Francisco, and that she had applied for US citizenship and duly attended for interview. She had also undertaken to ensure the admission of her son in a good school, co-operation with father and facilitation of visits to son.
Explained | Supreme Court Judgment on child custody to father when the child was averse even to see his mother
Supreme Court viewed that the child being aged 12 years and 9 months old, was in a position to take decisions.
Able bodied person having the ability to earn is not entitled to seek permanent alimony from wife; Karnataka High Court dismisses appeal
Karnataka High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and J.M. Khazi, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by a husband
‘Respect each other. Your children are watching you very closely’; Supreme Court advices parents in custody battle
Supreme Court: The bench of AM Khanwilkar and JB Pardiwala*, JJ, in a matter relating to custody of two minor children, has
When can a High Court invoke its power in granting writ of habeas corpus in child custody matters? All HC lays down scope and ambit of Writ of Habeas Corpus
Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., while examining the scope of the writ of habeas corpus, expressed that, The power
MP HC | Custody of the child with the mother can not be said to be illegal confinement; Court dismisses petition
Madhya Pradesh High Court: S.A.Dharmadhikari J., dismissed a writ petition which was filed invoking the jurisdiction of the Court under Article 226
Del HC | Husband citizen and domicile of USA, Can he raise objections on divorce proceedings filed by wife in India? Court decrypts the law in light of catena of SC’s decisions
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad, JJ., while observing a matrimonial application, observed that, The plaint must
[Custody] MP HC | Welfare of child is of paramount importance; Mother who nurtured the child for 9 months in womb is certainly entitled to custody
Madhya Pradesh High Court, Gwalior Bench: S.A. Dharmadhikari, J., while addressing an issue with regard to the custody of a child held that
Del HC | Second marriage of a mother is by itself not sufficient to deprive her of custody of her biological child
Delhi High Court: A Division Bench of Hima Kohli and Asha Menon, JJ. dismissed an appeal filed by the appellant-father against the
Ker HC | Invocation of writ petition under Art. 226 not warranted in determining the custody of child
Kerela High Court: The Division Bench of K. Harilal and P. Somarajan, JJ. dismissed a writ petition regarding the determining interim custody of
A mother’s writ of habeas corpus denied as custody of child with the father is not illegal
Uttaranchal High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. dismissed a writ of habeas corpus filed by the petitioner-mother
Hadiya Case: SC asks how can a marriage between consenting adults be annulled by the Court
Supreme Court: In the case where Kerala High Court annulled the marriage of a Hindu Girl to a Muslim Boy after her conversion