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‘Disturbing’: Bombay High Court warns mother against ‘possessiveness', depriving 8-year-old son of father's love

May 13, 2026 11:56 am

The Bombay High Court was hearing an interim application filed by the father in a pending family court appeal seeking vacation access to his minor son during the May 1-31 summer break.

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‘Disturbing’ : Supreme Court rejects divorce settlement barring mother from seeing 3-year-old daughter

May 13, 2026 2:47 pm

The Supreme Court was hearing a transfer petition filed by the estranged wife against her husband, along with an application seeking dissolution of the marriage by mutual consent.

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‘Ram was king, but kids with Sita’: Madhya Pradesh High Court invokes Ramayana to deny repatriation of child to Canada

May 04, 2026 11:24 am

The Madhya Pradesh High Court was hearing the appeal of the 9-year-old girl’s father, who was seeking to hand over her custody from her mother in India.

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'Fluent in English': Kerala High Court finds 6-year-old ‘confined’, out of school, sends him back to UK

May 04, 2026 12:51 pm

The Kerala High Court was hearing a petition challenging the family court’s February 27 order that had declined interim custody to the child’s maternal grandfather and aunt in a cross-border custody dispute.

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Allahabad High Court rules father can entrust children’s custody to relatives, rejects mother's ‘illegal detention’ plea

April 22, 2026 2:35 pm

The woman had filed the petition seeking directions to produce the minor children who were allegedly in the illegal custody of her husband and his relatives, the Allahabad High Court noted.

Karnataka High Court rescues 3-year-old US citizen at risk of deportation from India

April 25, 2026 11:34 am

The Karnataka High Court was hearing the plea of a mother, currently residing in India, whose 3-year-old daughter, a US-national, was unable to secure a valid passport from US authorities.

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Jharkhand High Court cites chances of ‘problems’ with stepmom, denies man custody of 7-year-old daughter

April 11, 2026 10:01 am

Jharkhand High Court news: The Jharkhand High Court noted that father had remarried and had another child with this wedlock, and there is a probability that she may face problems adjusting to her stepmother in a new environment.

Can’t ignore mother’s plea: Allahabad High Court gives woman another chance to secure access to 20-month-old son

April 09, 2026 1:36 pm

The appellant-mother approached the Allahabad High Court after alleging that her child had been forcibly taken away by the father, a police constable, amid an ongoing matrimonial discord.

‘Main meal was school lunch’: Kerala High Court grants minor's custody to dad, cites hardship with grandmother, orphanage

March 31, 2026 1:24 pm

Kerala High Court grants boy's custody to father, says orphanage placement not in child’s best interest, and orders monitoring.

Tears in Calcutta HC as judges order reunion of minor sisters with parents after 3 years of separation over ‘torture’

February 08, 2026 7:13 pm

The Calcutta High Court order stated that to monitor the development and well-being of the three minor girls, the probation officer should submit quarterly reports to the Juvenile Justice Committee.