The Kerala High Court made the move on concerns that with both parents fighting for the custody of the child, there was no one to protect the interest of the child.
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A division bench of justices A Muhamed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas passed this ruling in a case filed by a father (petitioner) seeking custody of his youngest child.
The Bible, the ideals in the Constitution of India, and the UDHR recently prompted Kerala High Court to come to the aid of an 80-year-old senior citizen who had sought to claim arrears for maintenance from his children.
"It does not require any elaborate expression that the needs of the judiciary in carrying out sovereign functions would certainly far outweigh the proposed requirement of any commercial venture," he said.