The bench also said, if the woman desires, she be sent with her husband.
New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court Friday directed forthwith release of a woman from children s home noting that she was a major and married a man with her free will.
The police had lodged her in children s home after her father in a missing complaint had claimed that she was a minor which was proved wrong.
A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Manoj Kumar Ohri also said, if the woman desires, she be sent with her husband, who approached the court with a habeas corpus petition seeking his 18-year-old wife s release.
HC Orders Release Of Adult Married Woman From Children s Home
Woman s father had filed a missing person s report stating she was a minor
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Delhi High Court Friday directed forthwith release of a woman from a children s home noting that she was an adult who married a man of her free will.
The police had lodged her in a children s home after her father in a missing complaint had claimed that she was a minor which was proved wrong.
A vacation bench of Justices Anup Jairam Bhambhani and Manoj Kumar Ohri also said, if the woman desires, she be sent with her husband, who approached the court with a habeas corpus petition seeking his 18-year-old wife’s release.