Habeas Corpus Maintainable in Illegal Detention of Child by Parent, Not to Enforce Foreign Court Order: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in a recent judgment dated September 2025, held that the extraordinary remedy of a writ of Habeas Corpus is maintainable in cases involving illegal custody of a child, but cannot be invoked solely to enforce orders of a foreign court. The ruling came in response to a writ petition filed by a father seeking the return of his minor daughter, allegedly taken away unlawfully by…