Tag: Natural Guardian Rights
Photo: TGCFather taking away his own child is not kidnapping, rules HC
In a significant ruling reinforcing a father’s legal status as the natural guardian of his minor child, the Jharkhand High Court has held that a father cannot be charged with kidnapping merely for taking his own son with him. The court also ruled that vague allegations of assault without specific averments of bodily injury or…
She grew up with grandma, but court says it’s time to go home
When 17-year-old Ananyia (name changed) stood before the court, her choice was simple. She wanted to stay with the woman who had tucked her into bed, paid her school fees and raised her from infancy—her maternal grandmother. The Jharkhand High Court, however, had a far more difficult choice to make. It had to decide not…
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