The Allahabad High Court temporarily transferred custody of a five-year-old girl to her father, observing that she appeared “heavily tutored” and was being used as a “pawn” in her parents’ matrimonial dispute. The interim order was passed in a habeas corpus petition.
The Bombay High Court criticized a family court judge’s refusal to urgently hear a father’s plea for temporary custody of his son, who requires open-heart surgery. The High Court emphasized the necessity for compassion in such matters and granted the father’s request, ordering the mother to hand over the child for the procedure.
