Supreme Court of India
Yashita Sahu v. State of Rajasthan & Ors.
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What the Court ordered
In view of the above discussion, we are clearly of t he view that it is in the best interest of the child to have parental care of both the parents, if not joint then at least separate.
Judgment, page 21
From the headnote
Child and Family Welfare – Child Custody – Parents in two different continents – In 2016, couple got married in India – Appellant-wife accompanied the husband, working in USA – daughter was born in 2017 – Relationship of the couple got s trained – Appellant inter alia sought sole custody of the minor child from the Norfolk Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Cou rt– Consent order passed inter alia making provision for shared parenting – Before the next date fixed in the Norfolk Court, the appell ant along with the child came to India– Husband filed motion for emer gency relief before the
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Where later benches applied it
- 2025 Kiran Raju Penumacha v. Tejuswini Chowdhury
- 2021 Jose Antonio Zalba Diez Del Corral Alias Jose Antonio Zalba v. The State of West Bengal & Ors.
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 distinguished
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