Allahabad High Court granted custody of minor boy to mother, prioritizing child welfare. Court held best interests override parental rights, finding mother better suited to ensure development, stability and well-being of child.
Uttarakhand High Court ruled father cannot avoid child maintenance citing mother’s income or liabilities. Justice Ashish Naithani upheld order directing Rs 8000 monthly support under Section 125 CrPC.
The Supreme Court ruled that denying maternity leave to adoptive mothers based on a child being over 3 months old is unconstitutional. The judgment strengthens equality, recognizing adoption as equal to biological motherhood and protecting women’s reproductive autonomy.
The Calcutta High Court’s Port Blair circuit bench set aside the discharge of a woman’s in-laws in a dowry harassment case, stressing that society still struggles with gender equality. The woman had died by suicide in 2021 after killing her infant daughter.
