The division bench observed that the crucial factor to be considered is that the child is a girl of tender age, three and a half years old, and thus requires the care and affection of her mother
The bench noted that in spite of making police complaints against the alleged violent and abusive conduct of the petitioner, the woman made an attempt to reconcile.
Courts are required to exercise parent patriae jurisdiction and compel the parties to act in the best interest of the child in custody cases, the Court said.
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