Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 69 · Decided 29 January 2004
Kumar V. Jahgirdar v. Chethana Ramatheertha
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 69 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 1203
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 619/2004
- Decided
- 29 January 2004
- Bench
- SHIVARAJ V. PATIL, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
B Custody-Minor daughter-Rival claim of a divorced couple-Mother re-married lo a cricket celebrity-Family Court gra/1/ing exclusive custody of child lo father-High Court reversing the judgment of Family Court-Held, C the judgment of High Court giving exclusive custody of the child lo the mother of the child-Child being on advent of puberty, required more care and attention of the mother more so when father has no female members living jointly with him-Direction given for custody of child to natural father during foreign visits of the mother. D .!11dgme111--General observation by
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