HC grants interim custody of married woman to her father

The Delhi High Court has directed {that a} married woman, who suffered extreme psychological trauma, leading to partial loss of reminiscence and speech, allegedly by the hands of her husband and in-laws, be put beneath the interim custody of her father.

A trip Bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Jasmeet Singh gave the route on a habeas corpus petition by the woman’s father.

The father sought manufacturing of his married daughter, who additionally has a three-year-old lady baby, earlier than the courtroom alleging that due to sure matrimonial discord, she is being held in unlawful detention by her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law.

The father acknowledged that due to psychological and bodily torture unleashed by her husband and in-laws, together with actions which might be subject material of FIR, his daughter has suffered extreme psychological trauma, leading to partial loss of reminiscence and speech.

During the listening to, the daughter was produced by manner of video-conferencing, the place the courtroom observed that “she is not able to communicate by speech nor does her behaviour appear to be normal on first blush.”

The husband, who additionally joined the video-conference listening to, submitted that his spouse has developed psychological issues however not by motive of any fault on his half or on the half of his mother and father. He additionally submitted that his spouse is being handled by a specialist physician, who has indicated that her psychological sickness will take a while to get resolved.

“Considering the aforesaid state of affairs, first-and-foremost this court is concerned about the state of mental health and physical wellbeing of the daughter,” the courtroom remarked.

It directed that the daughter be examined by a physician specialising in psychological trauma and diseases on the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS) within the presence and beneath the supervision of her father.

Order to police

“This court is also of the view that it would be in the fitness of things that, at least for the present and until the next date of hearing, the custody of [the daughter] along with her 3 ½ year old girl child, be given to the petitioner [the father],” the courtroom stated, directing the native Station House Officer to make sure the custody of the daughter to the father.

The courtroom additional directed that the standing report detailing the opinion of the docs and the road of remedy prompt within the case be submitted earlier than the subsequent date of listening to on July 5. The report wouldn’t be shared with the husband or her in-laws, the Bench added.