New Delhi:
A separate man lost his eight-year-old daughter’s custody and not to feed his home-baked food.
A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta spoke to the girl before they decided to return to their mother.
The father, who is a busy professional, could not feed his daughter home-ripened food for a day throughout the fortnight, was told to the Supreme Court.
Before the matter reached the Supreme Court, the Kerala High Court allowed the father to see his daughter for 15 days every month.
The man works in Singapore. He rented a house in Thiruvananthapuram, where he lived with his daughter for 15 days every month. He used to fly from Singapore to spend time with his daughter every two weeks.
The Supreme Court said that when he is a affectionate father, the environment and circumstances of his house were not favorable for the development and welfare of the girl’s child.
Justice Mehta said that a continuous consumption of food purchased from restaurants and hotels can also pose a health threat to an adult person, let a young girl of eight years go alone.
The Supreme Court said that the girl requires nutritious home-ripe food for her overall health, development and development, and unfortunately, the father is not in a position to provide such nutrition to the girl.
The bench said that it would have considered the father to provide home-roped food, but the fact that the girl does not find the company of anyone other than the father during the 15-day interim custody, there is an additional factors, which was heavy against her claim for child custody at this level.
Her mother is living with her parents and working from home. Focusing on this, the Supreme Court said that the child will get a better company at his mother’s house besides his younger brother.
The Supreme Court also expressed disappointment on the order of the Kerala High Court, giving the father in custody of his three -year -old son for 15 days every month. This called the order “gross inappropriate” as it would have a serious adverse effect on the son’s emotional and physical welfare as he is separating from his mother at an early age.
The bench said that the emotional and moral support that the child is receiving at his mother’s house is much larger than the support given by the father during the interim custody.
The court said that the daughter living with her father every 15 days also deprived the three -year -old brother of her company.
In the order, the Supreme Court allowed the father to take interim custody of his daughter on an alternative weekend every month and talk on video calls for two days every week.
