Supreme Court of India

G H Dsg v. Akg

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Reported as [2019] 15 S.C.R. 144
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, Indu Malhotra and Krishna Murari JJ.
Decided 16 December 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the minor girl is certainly capable of forming an intelligent preference regarding her custody.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Child Welfare: Custody of minor daughter – Respond ent- father filed a Guardianship Petition before the Family Court s eeking custody of minor daughter on the ground that the petitioner m other was suffering from Paranoid Schizophrenia and required treatm ent and that on account of mental illness, she had been treating the child with cruelty – Petitioner-mother contested the Petiti on alleging that the minor daughter was being sexually abused by the father and that it was unsafe for the child to be in his c ustody – Three counsellors were appointed on various dates as directed by Fam ily

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