In an Article 226 petition, a father sought custody of his adult daughter from the State. The Court found the girl was not in illegal confinement and was unwilling to return home, leading to the disposal of the petition and release of the petitioner.
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R/SCR.A/1573/2021 ORDER DATED: 20/12/2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1573 of 2021
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SOMAJI BALWANTJI THAKORE
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT
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Appearance:
MR VICKY B MEHTA(5422) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR KRUNAL G PATEL(8525) for the Respondent(s) No. 5,6 NOTICE NOT RECD BACK(3) for the Respondent(s) No. 3 NOTICE SERVED(4) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 NOTICE UNSERVED(8) for the Respondent(s) No. 4,7 MS JIRGA JHAVERI APP(2) for the Respondent(s) No. 1
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.H.VORA
and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE Date : 20/12/2021 ORAL ORDER
(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.H.VORA)
By way of present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner who happens to be the father of corpus-respondent No.7 has prayed for issuance of appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondent No.2 to 3 to produce the corpus before this Court from the custody of respondent No.4 to 6 and to handover the custody of corpus to the petitioner.
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R/SCR.A/1573/2021 ORDER DATED: 20/12/2021
parents of respondent No.4.
(S.H.VORA, J)
(ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE, J.)
sompura
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is entitled to custody of the daughter after she attained the age of adulthood.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
SOMAJI BALWANTJI THAKORE
STATE OF GUJARAT
CORPUS-RESPONDENT NO. 7
S.H.VORA
ANIRUDDHA P. MAYEE
As recorded by the court registry
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