Supreme Court of India
Smt. Anjali Kapoor v. Rajiv Baijal
INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.
3 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.
What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion, we allow this appeal and set aside the impugned order.
Judgment, page 11
From the headnote
Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 - Custody of minor female child - Mother of the child died at the time of her bilth c - Since then the child is staying with her maternal grandmother (appellant) - Father (respondent) seeking custody of the child - Both Family Coult and High Coult held in favour of the father- On appeal, held: Ordinarily, the natural guardian of the child has the right to custody of the child, but that right is not absolute - Welfare of child is the paramount consideration ...: On facts, the minor child is staying with appellant since birth which has resulted into a strong
Authorities it was built on
Where later benches applied it
- 2022 Rajeswari Chandrasekar Ganesh v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.
- 2010 Shyamrao Maroti Korwate v. Deepak Kisanrao Tekam
- 2025 Komal Krishan Arora & Ors. v. Sandeep Kumar & Ors.
Of those, 2 relied on · 1 mentioned
Sign in free to read it
- The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
- The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
- Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
- Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
- Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
An email address, no password.