‘Pious wife’ and ‘Bahu’ remarks unwarranted and regressive, cannot replace child-welfare assessment: Bombay HC sets aside family court’s interim custody order
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'Pious wife' and 'Bahu' remarks unwarranted and regressive, cannot replace child-welfare assessment: Bombay HC sets aside family…
Bombay High Court sets aside Family Court's interim custody order, criticising 'Bahu' stereotypes and holding that child welfare must be independently assessed under Section 12 of the Guardians and Wards Act.
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