Minor Refuses to Return Home Alleging Forced Marriage, Custody Ordered with Children’s Home: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court directed that a 16-year-old girl be placed in the custody of a Children’s Home in Mehsana until she attains majority, after she told the Court that she had voluntarily left her parental home due to alleged coercion and torture to force her into marriage. Background The matter arose from a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl’s father, who alleged that his daughter was illegally confined…