Extra-Marital Affair No Ground to Deny Custody of Child to Mother: Punjab, Haryana HC
The order followed a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman from Punjab s Fatehgarh Sahib district, seeking custody of her four-and half-year-old daughter.
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Women4 hours ago
Chandigarh: A woman’s extra-marital affair is not a ground to deny the custody of her child in a matrimonial dispute, as it cannot be concluded that she will not be a good mother, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held.
The court also noted that in a patriarchal society, it is fairly common to cast aspersions on the moral character of a woman and more often than not these allegations are made without any basis.