Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 215 · Decided 15 February 2019
Perry Kansagra v. Smriti Madan Kansagra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 215 · [2019] 3 S.C.R. 991
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1694/2019
- Decided
- 15 February 2019
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Family Courts Act Section 6, 12
Headnote
Child welfare: Custody and guardianship matter - Confidentiality in mediation process - Reports of the mediator as also of the counsellor concerning the behavior and attitude of the child, if could be used in court proceedings, when the mediation process has failed - Held: correct in normal matters where the role of the court is purely of an adjudicator - But such an approach not essentially conducive when the court is called upon and expected to discharge its role in the capacity as parens patriae and is concerned with the welfare of a child - All
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