Custody Ordered by Child Welfare Committee Cannot Be Challenged Through Habeas Corpus: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a mother's plea to secure custody of her minor son, citing that the child was lawfully under the care of a state-run child home as per the order of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Amethi.
An 11-year-old boy was produced before the court and stated that he didn’t want to live with his mother, as she had left him when he was only two.
The boy was lawfully under the care of a state-run child home as per the order of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Amethi.
- The child had been staying at Dayanand Bal Sadan, Moti Nagar, Lucknow, following an order by the CWC passed under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
- A division bench of Justices Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi was hearing a petition filed by the mother.
Author's summary: Court upholds CWC order on child custody.
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