Father's Right To Visit Child Cannot Be at Cost of Child's Health and Well-Being, Says Supreme Court After Woman Challenges Madras HC Order of Bringing Daughter to Karur Every Week
The Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale observed while altering interim visitation arrangements made with respect to a child caught in a custody battle between her estranged parents. Earlier, the Madras High Court had ordered the child's mother to bring the child from Madurai to Karur every week.
The Supreme Court recently said that in child custody cases, a father's right to visit his child cannot be enforced at the cost of the child's health and well-being. The Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and PB Varale observed while altering interim visitation arrangements made with respect to a child caught in a custody battle between her estranged parents. Earlier, the Madras High Court had ordered the child's mother to bring the child from Madurai to Karur every week so that the father could interact with the child for four hours each Sunday. However, the mother challenged the order, stating that it affected the child's health. Hence, the top court modified this arrangement by asking the father to meet his daughter in Madurai instead, where the mother and daughter resided. Supreme Court Notes India Facing Acute Shortage of Doctors; Directs Medical Counselling Committee To Conduct Special Round of NEET Counselling.
Woman Challenges Madurai HC Order in Supreme Court
Father's right to visit child cannot be at cost of child’s health and well-being: Supreme court
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