Shura Chaudhary Minor and Another v. State of U.P. and 4 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court habeas corpus writ petition (No. 212 of 2025) on custody of minor children; mother in live-in relationship with respondent no. 5 refused to join husband; 3-year-old son Virat Chaudhary to stay with mother Sandhya Chaudhary until age five, custody thereafter seekable by father; 10-year-old daughter Shura Chaudhary's expressed wish to live with father honoured; corpus produced pursuant to order dated 19.03.2025; single judge Nand Prabha Shukla, J.; decided 4.4.2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:47901.
What did the court decide?
Custody divided between the parents: Virat Chaudhary (aged about 3) to remain in the care and custody of his mother Sandhya Chaudhary until the father seeks custody after the child attains five years; Shura Chaudhary (aged about 10) to remain in the custody of her father Dev @ Dharamveer Chaudhary.