Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 609 · Decided 14 September 2010
Shyamrao Maroti Korwate v. Deepak Kisanrao Tekam
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 609 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 473
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2817/2008
- Decided
- 14 September 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890: A B ss. 7 and 25 - Rival claims for custody of the minor son c by his maternal grand- father and father - HELD: The provisions of the 1890 Act and the 1956 Act, make it clear that in a matter of custody of a minor child, the paramount consideration is the rights of the parents or relatives under the statute which are in force 0 - Therefore, the District Judge has rightly given the custody of the minor to his maternal grand-father - However, keeping in view the age of the maternal grand-father and the fact that after four years the child would
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