Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 972 · Decided 12 August 2025
Dasari Anil Kumar & Another v. The Child Welfare Project Director & Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 972 · [2025] 8 S.C.R. 777
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 10544/2025
- Decided
- 12 August 2025
- Bench
- B.V. NAGARATHNA, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Juvenile Justice Act Section 3
Headnote
Whether the custody of the minor children in question ought to be handed over to the appellants-adoptive parents. Custody - Of minor children - Principle of best interest of children - Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of s.3 - Constitution of India - Art.142 - Custody of the minor children was taken away from the appellants-adoptive parents by the Police based on an FIR and they were handed over to the Child Welfare Project Director and Integrated Child Protection Services -
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