JUDGEMENT
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(1.)The appellant, who is a paediatrician by profession, was married to the respondent, who is a lawyer by profession, on 29th March, 1989, at Thrissur in kerala under the provisions of the Special marriage Act. A girl child, Ritwika, was born of the said marriage on 20th June, 1993.
(2.)As will appear from the materials on record, the appellant, for whatever reason, left her matrimonial home at Thrissur on 26th february, 2000, alongwith the child and went to Calicut without informing the respondent. Subsequently, on coming to learn that the appellant was staying at Calicut, the respondent moved an application in the High Court at kerala for a writ in the nature of Habeas Corpus, which appears to have been disposed of on 24th March, 2000 upon an undertaking given by the appellant to bring the child to thrissur.
(3.)On 24th March, 2000, the respondent, alleging that the minor child had been wrongfully removed from his custody by the appellant, filed an application before the family Court at Thrissur under Sections 7 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, and also Section 6 of the Hindu Minority and guardianship Act, 1956, which came to be numbered as OP 193 of 2000 and OP 239 of 2000.