Supreme Court of India
Nandakumar & Anr. v. The State of Kerala & Ors.
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We are of the considered opinion that as a major, she is entitled to exercise her choice and freedom and the Court cannot get into the aspect whether she has been forced by the father or not.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Habeas Corpus – Writ petition filed by respondent N o. 4 alleging that his daughter was in illegal custody of appellant no. 1 and seeking direction to appellants to produce his dau ghter in the High Court – Case of writ petitioner was that the d etenu and appellant no. 1 had not attained the marriageable age on the day when their marriage was solemnised and, therefore, h is daughter was not legally wedded wife of appellant no. 1 – Hi gh Court accepted the prayer of petitioner and entrusted the c ustody of his daughter to him – On appeal, held: Both appellant no. 1 and writ petitioner’s
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