Supreme Court of India

Harshita Bhasin v. State of West Bengal & Ors

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Reported as [2016] 9 S.C.R. 510
Bench T.S. Thakur, D.Y. Chandrachud and L. Nageswara Rao JJ.
Decided 14 December 2016

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Family Law - Petition by husband - Under guardian and Wards Act, 1890 seeking custody of Children - Filed before Court in Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P. - Habeas Corpus petition filed by wife before Calcutta High Court - High Court refusing interim custody to wife, by way of temporary arrangement directed the husband to bring the two children (aged 8 years and 5 years) on a fortnightly basis to Kolkata on a Sunday and allow the wife to meet them between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. - This court confirming the temporary arrangement as directed by the High Court, disposed of the Special Leave Petition - Interim

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