Guardians and Wards Act, 1890

The mother, a working professional, filed a petition seeking permanent custody of her two minor children, alleging the father might forcibly remove them. The Family Court restrained the father and granted limited visitation, which the father appealed. The High Court then ordered a 15‑day monthly interim custody for eac…

The appellant, Gautam Kumar Das, lost his wife and father to COVID-19 shortly after the birth of his daughter Sugandha and temporarily handed her over to his late wife's sister. After remarrying, he sought to regain custody, filing a petition under the Guardians and Wards Act and later a habeas corpus writ, but the Del…

The appellant-father and respondent-mother obtained a mutual consent divorce, with the mother given permanent custody of their son and the father granted interim weekend custody. The father later filed an execution petition to enforce the decree, while the mother filed an application seeking modification of the interim…

The father filed a habeas corpus petition after the mother left India with their daughter and allegedly left their five‑year‑old son with the maternal grandparents without informing him, violating UK High Court video‑call orders. The High Court of Punjab & Haryana directed that interim custody of the son be handed over…

The case concerned a two‑year‑seven‑month‑old girl whose mother died in an unnatural death. The child had been in the care of her maternal aunts and grandparents since she was 11 months old. The father, who had been arrested and later released on bail, filed a habeas‑corpus petition before the Madhya Pradesh High Court…