Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 197 · Decided 6 April 2010
Mohan Kumar Rayana v. Komal Mohan Rayana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 197 · [2010] 4 S.C.R. 411
- Case number
- ELECTION PETITION (CIVIL) No. 9821/2009
- Decided
- 6 April 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, G.S. SINGHVI, CYRIAC JOSEPH (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Election
Headnote
Family Law: Breakdown of marriage - Custody of girl child - Family Court granting custody to mother and allowing the father access to child on alternate weekend and child to share 50% A B c of school vacations with father - High Court declining to interfere with the order - HELD: In such matters, minor is of paramount importance to the court which stands in loco parentis to the. minor - Wishes of the minor are to be given due weightage - Keeping in view the interest of the minor, and on an assessment of her behavioural pattern towards both the parents, there is no reason to interfere
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