Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 383 · Decided 20 April 2018
Nandakumar & ANR. v. The State of Kerala & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 383 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 1011
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 597/2018
- Decided
- 20 April 2018
- Bench
- A.K. SIKRI, ASHOK BHUSHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 5, 12; Hindu Marriage Act Section 5, 12; Domestic Violence Act
Headnote
Habeas Corpus - Writ petition filed by respondent No. 4 alleging that his daughter was in illegal custody of appellant no. 1 and seeking direction to appellants to produce his daughter in the High Court - Case of writ petitioner was that the detenu and appellant no. 1 had not attained was solemnised and, therefore, his daughter was not legally wedded wife of appellant no. 1 - High Court accepted the prayer of petitioner and entrusted the custody of his daughter to him - On appeal, held: Both appellant no. 1 and writ petitioner's daughter are major and
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