Master Saiyyad Mohammad Hani Adil (Minor) Thru. His Father Adil Sabir v. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. and 5 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
habeas corpus writ petition; minor child custody dispute; father vs mother; custody with mother held not illegal; petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty to approach Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 forum; cost imposed on counsel for contemptuous open-court remark; Rs.10,000 cost on counsel and petitioner; deposit with Senior Registrar within 15 days; cost released to mother of minor; recovery as arrears of land revenue by District Magistrate/District Collector Lucknow; request to fix time for deciding case rejected; Apex Court observations; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC-LKO:37799; Saurabh Lavania, J.; Order Date 4.7.2025.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed as withdrawn; liberty granted to the petitioner to approach the appropriate forum, including the competent court of jurisdiction under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890, subject to deposit of Rs.10,000/- cost by counsel Shri Virendra Kumar Shukla with the Senior Registrar within 15 days; a further Rs.10,000/- cost imposed on the petitioner; deposited amounts to be released to the mother of the minor, failing which recovery as arrears of land revenue by the District Magistrate/District Collector, Lucknow.