Bipin Bihari Lal v. the State of Bihar through the Secretary (Home), Govt. of Bihar, Patna
Case brief
What is this about?
Father sought habeas corpus to produce and hand over his adult son, whom he had not seen since 2008; the son had married respondent Priyanka Shrivastava and their matrimonial disputes ended in divorce decree in 2019. The Patna High Court held the petition was not maintainable given the enormous delay and dismissed it.