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Bound to protect Constitutional Rights of women, Calcutta High Court regularises domestic violence application filed by minor
The Court held that application filed by minor under Section 12 of Domestic Violence Act cannot be dismissed on the grounds of maintainability especially when she had attained majority before the date of final order.
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Mother, being the only natural guardian after biological father’s death, can decide child’s surname; can even give the child in adoption: SC
“When a child takes on to be a kosher member of the adoptive family it is only logical that he takes the surname of the adoptive family and it is thus befuddling to see judicial intervention in such a matter.”
Whether a natural guardian having executed sale-deed of property of a minor in favour of a third party and thereafter repurchased part of it, can be prosecuted for offences under Ss. 420, 467, 468, 471 of IPC that too, after more than 35 years from date of attaining majority by minor? Bom HC discusses
Bombay High Court: The Division Bench of V.M. Deshpande and Amit Borkar, JJ., expressed that a transaction by a natural guardian of
No Legal Rationale for Primacy – Revisiting Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
by Palak Maheshwari† and Aniket Pandey††
All HC | Date of birth in an Aadhaar Card not conclusive
Allahabad High Court: The Division Bench of Manoj Misra and Virendra Kumar Srivastava, JJ. clarified that no protection shall be given and
Custody of Children
by Tejaswi Pandit †
Assisted by Manovi Mittra†
J&K HC | Magistrate is empowered to issue a search warrant on ‘reason to believe’ illegal confinement constituting offence
Jammu & Kashmir High Court: Ali Mohammad Magrey, J. allowed a petition under Section 561-A of the Criminal Procedure Code. The petitioner
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
If a minor is in the custody of biological mother, the natural guardianship can be presumed and hence, the custody is lawful
High Court of Kerala: The Division Bench comprising of V. Chitambaresh and Sathish Ninnan, JJ., recently dealt with a writ petition filed