Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1324 · Decided 19 November 2008
Gaurav Nagpal v. Sumedha Nagpal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1324 · [2008] 16 S.C.R. 396
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5099/2007
- Decided
- 19 November 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, G.S. SINGHVI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution; Hindu Marriage Act Section 26
Headnote
_J- Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 I Guardians c and Wards Act, 1890 - ss. 6 and 131 ss. 8, 17 and 25 - Custody of minor child - Criteria for consideration of - Held: For determining as to who should be given custody of the minor child, paramount consideration is welfare of the child statute - Word 'welfare' D used in s. 13 has to be construed literally and to be taken in widest sense - Apart from physical welfare, Court should take into consideration moral and ethical welfare of the child as well - Grant of custody of the minor child in the instant case by courts below is
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