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Bombay High Court gives deadline of 48 hours to Child Welfare Panel to hand over a child’s custody to father

The Bombay High Court lashed recently lashed out at the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Maharashtra for putting up a child for adoption even when the child’s father was seeking his custody. The High Court bench strictly ordered the CWC to correct its act of handedness within 48 hours or else the court would pass …

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DNA test request for Confirming Paternity can’t be ignored if there was a long cohabitation between a man and woman: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that if there is prima facie evidence of long cohabitation between a man and woman, the request for a DNA test to confirm the paternity of a child allegedly born out of such a relationship can’t be set aside as it would cast a social stigma; not only on …

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