Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 630 · Decided 6 May 2019
Tejaswini Gaud and ORS. v. Shekhar Jagdish Prasad Tewari and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 630 · [2019] 7 S.C.R. 335
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 838/2019
- Decided
- 6 May 2019
- Bench
- R. BANUMATHI, R. SUBHASH REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 226
Headnote
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956: ss. 6, 13 - Custody of a minor child - Writ of habeas corpus - Maintainability of - On facts, father filed habeas corpus petition seeking custody of minor child from the appellants-uncle and aunt of the minor child - High corpus directing the appellants to hand over the custody of the minor child to the father - Justification of - Held: Appellants are the sisters and brother of the mother of the child who do not have any authority of law to have the custody of the minor child - As per s. 6, the
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