Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 638
📌 Paras 2, 5-6
The Appellant, mother of a 10-year-old child, appeals against High Court orders concerning the psychological evaluation of the minor. The marriage between the parties, who later moved to the USA, resulted in a daughter born in 2016. The Appellant alleges physical abuse by the Respondent-father towards her and sexual abuse by him towards the minor child in the USA, leading her to return to India with the child in December 2019. Subsequent proceedings involved divorce notices, a withdrawn Habeas Corpus petition in the Supreme Court, and another Habeas Corpus petition before the Bombay High Court.
📌 Para 3
The core issue is how constitutional courts should respond to a child victim of alleged sexual abuse by her father, b
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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