Smt Gulabsha Khanum v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC, WPHC No. 123 of 2025, decided 14-11-2025; habeas corpus petition by mother (Gulabsha Khanum) for production of minor children Mohammed Aarab Khan and Hamdan Ahmed Khan from father Shabaaz Khan and grandmother Yasmeen Sultana; held to be a child-custody matter with no illegal detention; dismissed as not maintainable with contentions left open, to be agitated in appropriate proceedings; filed under Article 227, Constitution of India; bench: Anu Sivaraman (author) and Vijaykumar A. Patil.
What did the court decide?
The substantial prayer of the writ petition concerns custody of the minor children; respondent No. 3 is admittedly the petitioner's husband and respondent No. 4 her mother-in-law; since no illegal detention is involved, the matter has to be agitated in appropriate proceedings. ¶37