Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 1295 · Decided 3 July 2017
Nithya Anand Raghavan v. State of NCT of Delhi & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 1295 · [2017] 7 S.C.R. 281
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 972/2017
- Decided
- 3 July 2017
- Bench
- DIPAK MISRA, A.M. KHANWILKAR, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
A B Child and Family welfare - High Court issued writ for production of minor daughter allegedly removed by mother-appellant C from custody of father-respondent no.2 from U.K. - High Court directed the mother to produce her daughter and to comply with the order of High Court of 3 weeks or in alternative to handover the custody of daughter to father within 3 weeks from date of order - Whether the return of the minor to her native state would be in the interests of the minor - Held: The Courts in India D are not denuded from declining the relief to return the child to the
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