Supreme Court · 1973 INSC 74 · Decided 5 April 1973
Rosy Jacob v. Jacob A. Chakramakkal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1973 INSC 74 · [1973] 3 S.C.R. 918
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1295/1972
- Decided
- 5 April 1973
- Bench
- C.A. VAIDYIALINGAM, I.D. DUA, A. ALAGIRISWAMI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Sec. 25-Husbond's application for the custody oj children-Welfare of the children is the dominant consi· deration. On the wife's application, judicial separation was granted under the Indian Divorce Act by the single Judge of the High Court. The custody of the given to the wife. In the Letters Patent Appeal preferred by the husband, the Division Bench varied the order directing handing over the custody of the daughter and the youngest son also to the husband. The principal question before the Court was whe· ther the husband's application for the
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