Recently, Rajasthan High Court decided to rescind criminal proceedings against a POCSO accused, after being informed that the victim/survivor is living a happily married life with the former.Before.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that a habeas corpus petition is maintainable for custody of a minor child but along with proving the detention illegal, welfare of the child is also.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the habeas corpus petition filed by a father residing in the USA, seeking a direction upon his wife to hand over their 4 year-old daughter s custody to him.The.
Irrespective of extreme allegations made by warring parents against each other, courts must consider the welfare of the minor child and not the statutory rights of the parents, the Court said.