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‘Act quite close to cannibalism’; Bombay HC confirms death sentence of a man who killed, intended to eat his mother

The present case is the most brutal, barbaric, and gruesome murder of a 60-year-old mother by her son on 28-08-2017 at Makadwala Vasahat, Kolhapur, where her body parts, i.e., liver, intestine, heart, rib and breast were eviscerated outside

Case Briefs High Courts

Andhra Pradesh HC grants custody of four-and-a-half-years old child to father; permits to take the child back to USA for all-round welfare

In cases of dislocation of minors from a foreign country to India, whenever children have been removed from their native country to India, the Court shall, in the best interest of the child, order for the return of the child to his native country.

Intelligently executing deed appreciating its interest is valid

Cases Reported Never Reported Judgments

Never Reported Judgment| Validity of mother’s ‘Intelligent’ transfer of property to her second son with full appreciation of its effect over her interests [(1953) 1 SCC 371]

This report covers the Supreme Court’s Never Reported Judgment dating back to the year 1953 on Section 129 of the Transfer of Property Act,1882.

Case Briefs High Courts

‘Welfare of child is of supreme consideration’: Chhattisgarh HC grants custody of minor daughter to father who expressed her fear of getting beaten by mother

“While fair and temperate criticism of the Court, may not be actionable, but attributing improper motives or tending to bring Judges or Courts into hatred and contempt or obstructing directly or indirectly with the functioning of Courts is serious contempt of which notice will be taken.”

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Acrimonious relationship between parents, no ground to deny an attempt at re-establishing bond between mother and child: Delhi High Court

“The Family Court is not to act as an adjudicatory forum alone but is also to act as a facilitator to secure settlement of disputes. The Family Court ought to adopt a different approach from that adopted in ordinary civil proceedings.”

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Inter-Faith Marriage by Major Daughter with her own Free Will; Gujarat HC rejects Habeas Corpus plea by Mother

The Court said that it cannot be concluded that the petitioner’s daughter was abducted against her will and that she was being illegally confined.

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‘Being an Indian citizen, he made all attempts to destabilize peace in the society by making derogatory posts against PM Modi’; Gujarat HC denies bail

The Court said that a person may like or dislike any person, but it does not mean that he may start using derogatory and abusive language for the Prime Minister of the Country and his late mother.

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‘Child not comfortable with her mother’; Patna High Court upholds Family Court’s decision of giving daughter’s custody to her father

The Patna High Court observed that the daughter wanted to reside with her brother and father and was not comfortable in staying with her mother, thus, the Court upheld the Family Court’s decision of giving the daughter’s custody to her father.

Case Briefs High Courts

Madras High Court condemns a scornful society that sees misfortune with the birth of a girl child and reduces punishment in the instance of ‘Nalla Thangal Syndrome’

Madras High Court: In a case where a mother administered poison to her daughters and she survived but the daughters died, D.

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Mother alleged to have extra-marital affair, will father be granted custody of children? Guj HC decides

Gujarat High Court: Ashok Kumar C. Joshi, J., denied granting child custody to father, wherein the mother was alleged to have extra-marital

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

In joint custody of child, can mother unilaterally decide on child’s citizenship? Singapore Family Court decides

District Court Appeal (Family Division): Debbie Ong, J., while granting joint custody of a child to mother and father held that the

Case Briefs High Courts

Due to father’s field job, mother granted custody of child: Did Chh HC also grant contact and visitation right to father? Read

Chhattisgarh High Court: In a child custody battle, the Division Bench of Goutam Bhaduri and Rajani Dubey, JJ., reiterated the position of

Case Briefs High Courts

Couples have to make their choice at the threshold between career prospects and family life; HP HC observes in a case where a mother seeks job transfer to be with her daughter

Himachal Pradesh High Court: A Division Bench of Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Satyen Vaidya, JJ. dismissed the petition being devoid merits. The

Case Briefs High Courts

Son ousted benighted widowed mother, deprived her right to “live a normal life” apart from maintaining and supporting her livelihood: Bom HC

Bombay High Court: G.S. Kulkarni, J., while addressing another unfortunate case concerning a mother who was ousted from the tenement she owned

Case Briefs High Courts

Law on Maintenance | Father having to bear expenses of other dependents can ignore from sharing equal responsibility of son’s educational expenses? Bom HC elaborates

Bombay High Court: Expressing that mother and father are equally responsible to equally share the education expenses of the child, Division bench

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Law on Custody | Husband alleged to have been cause of wife’s death who committed suicide. Will this be a consideration for granting custody to father of corpus? All HC elaborates

Allahabad High Court: Dr Yogendra Kumar Srivastava, J., decided an issue with regard to the habeas corpus petition for custody of a

Case Briefs High Courts

Custody of minor child, can it be determined on basis of work commitment of one parent and availability of ample time with another? Bom HC decides while determining question of custody, visitation rights and more

Love and affection of both parents is considered to be the basic human right of a child.

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi HC decides that Father’s obligation to maintain a child cannot end once he/she turns 18 years of age. Read why

Delhi High Court: Subramonium Prasad, J., while allowing in part the revision petition filed challenging the Family Court’s maintenance order made a

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P&H HC | Extra-marital affair cannot lead to conclusion that woman would not be a good mother; HC grants custody of 4-year-old to the mother

Punjab and Haryana High Court: In a habeas corpus case regarding custody of the child the Bench of Anupinder Singh Grewal, J.,

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All HC | In minor’s custody case, where child is below 5 years of age, mother is preferred, but is there any exception to it? Court explains

“Human affairs can never be disposed of by a rubber stamp approach or the application, virtually of mathematical formulae.”