Shila Devi v. the State of NCT of Delhi
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court criminal writ petition (W.P.(CRL) 2046/2025), Shila Devi v. State of NCT of Delhi, decided 01.08.2025 by Vivek Chaudhary and Shalinder Kaur, JJ. Petition by grandmother regarding custody of a minor girl; Child Welfare Committee handed custody to petitioner on 31.07.2025, rendering the petition infructuous; minor produced in Court residing with grandmother; petition disposed of. Keywords: custody of minor girl, Child Welfare Committee, grandmother, infructuous petition, habeas corpus, State of NCT of Delhi.
What did the court decide?
Since the custody of the minor girl had been handed over by the Child Welfare Committee to the petitioner (grandmother) on 31.07.2025 and the child was stated to be residing with her, nothing further survived in the petition and it was disposed of as infructuous. ¶12