Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 610 · Decided 20 August 2024
Gautam Kumar Das v. NCT of Delhi and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 610 · [2024] 8 S.C.R. 451
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3447/2024
- Decided
- 20 August 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, K.V. VISWANATHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Matter pertains to the grant of custody of the minor child to the father, the only natural guardian. Custody - Claim of - Appellant-father, only surviving biological parent seeking custody of the minor daughter from the alleged unlawful custody wife just ten days after the birth of their daughter and thereafter, his father due to Covid-19 - Due to the loss, the father handed over the custody of his minor daughter to his sister-in-law as an interim arrangement, however, his son who was relatively older was with him -
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