NDLI: Shazia Aman Khan and Another Vs. The State of Orissa and Others

Content Provider	Supreme Court of India
e-ISSN	30484839
Language	English
Access Restriction	NDLI
Subject Keyword	Custody of minor child
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Law Judgement
Jurisdiction	India
Case(s) Referred	Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5
Case Type	Appeal
Court	Supreme Court of India
Disposal Nature	Appeal Allowed
Headnote	Child and Family Welfare – Custody of minor child – Custody of one of the twin daughters born to respondent No.2 and his wife is in question, who had undisputedly been living with appellant No.2 (real sister of respondent No. 2) ever since she was 3-4 month old and thereafter with the family: Held: Stability and security of the child is an essential ingredient for full development of child’s talent and personality – Welfare of the children is of paramount consideration and not personal law and statute – Child’s welfare is to be seen and not the rights of the parties – Another principle of law which is settled with reference to custody of the child is the wish of the child, if she is capable of – Presently, the child is about 14 years of age – She was called in Court and interacted with individually in chamber – She is quite intelligent and could understand her welfare – She categorically stated that she was happy with the family where she had been brought up – She has other brother and sister and is having cordial relations with them and she does not wish to be destabilized – The fact that appellant No.1 was un-married when custody of the child was handed over to her and is now married having two children will also not be a deterrent for this Court to come to the conclusion that best interest of the child still remains with the appellant No.2 as the child is living with her ever since she was 3-4 months old and is now about 14 years of age having no doubt in her mind that she wishes to live with them – Welfare of the child lies with her custody with the appellants and respondent No.10 – This is coupled with the fact that even she also wishes to live there – She cannot be treated as a chattel at the age of 14 years to hand over her custody to the respondent No.2, where she has not lived ever since her birth – Stability of the child is also of paramount consideration – Impugned order passed by the High Court inter alia directing the recovery of the child from the custody of appellant No. 2 and respondent No. 10, particularly from appellant No.1 and respondent No. 10 and to hand over to respondent No.2 is set aside – Writ petition filed by respondent No. 2 in the High Court dismissed. [Paras 12-14, 16, 17, 19-21]
Judge	Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal
Neutral Citation	2024 INSC 163
Petitioner	Shazia Aman Khan And Another
Respondent	The State Of Orissa And Others
SCR	[2024] 3 S.C.R. 10
Judgement Date	2024-03-04
Case Number	1345

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