Child Custody Dispute | Father Can't Retain Custody Without Court Approval; 7-Year-Old Girl Returned to Mother: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered that a seven-year-old girl be immediately returned to her mother after finding that the child clearly wished to stay with her mother and that the father had no court order granting him custody. The decision came while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Priyanka Shrivastav seeking the return of her daughter, Nishi Shrivastava. Mother Approaches High Court According to the case records,…