JUDGEMENT
FAIZ ALAM KHAN, J. -
(1.)This habeas corpus petition has been moved by the petitioner- Smt. Pooja Sharma Dwivedi acting as the mother and next friend of Km. Amyra
Dwivedi aged about 3 1/2 years requesting this Court to issue a writ of habeas
corpus directing opposite party No.1 for restoring the custody of the corpus
to the petitioner as she is the natural mother of the corpus.
(2.)The petitioner in her petition has stated that the marriage of opposite party No.1 (her husband) was solemnize with her on 11.02.2012 and out of
this wedlock the corpus was born on 06.02.2015. Opposite party No.1 is in
hotel industry and after completing his course, he got employment in Taj
Groups of Hotel at Lucknow. After few months he left the job and join
another hotel at Pune, from where also he left the job and again join at
Gurgaon and thereafter he did job at various places till he got a job at Dubai
(U.A.E.), where he remained till June 2017. She further stated in her petition
that she has also done a master course in business administration and before
marriage, she was employed with a reputed company and receiving
handsome salary and she is likely to join a service with handsome salary.
She left the job after marriage. Opposite party No.1 was very aggressive by nature, his behavior with the petitioner was not normal and he always treated her with hatred and aggression. On 05.07.2018 the petitioner was compelled to leave her matrimonial home and the corpus was not permitted to accompany her. Since then the petitioner is not even being permitted to talk to the corpus and opposite party No.1 has stricticly directed the school i.e. Kidzi School, Vishal Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow not to allow the petitioner to meet the corpus. The corpus is a female child and she needs special care of her mother for proper grooming. The paramount interest of the corpus would be subserved and safeguarded if the corpus is given in the custody of her mother.
(3.)Opposite party No.1 namely Abhinav Trivedi on being served filed his counter affidavit admitting his marriage with the petitioner and alleging that
the petitioner after marriage came to her matrimonial home but never
performed her duties and she continuously insisted him to leave his parents
home and live with her maternal aunt. She has never ill-treated, abused or
harassed her. He and his family members several times, requested her to
return to her matrimonial home and to take proper care and attention of her
child, but she denied to came back and has filed the instant petition on the
basis of false and fabricated facts with the sole motive to get the custody of
the child (corpus). He further stated in his counter affidavit that the
petitioner was never abducted by opposite party No.1. The corpus is happily
living with him and his family members. Petitioner is not able to take proper
care of the child and the child has done remarkable improvement in her
health and status while living with opposite party No.1. The ignorance of the
petitioner is also clear from the fact that she left the corpus when she
(corpus) was ill. The petitioner herself intentionally did not provide her
company to the corpus and she (petitioner) was never prevented from
meeting her daughter or to visit her matrimonial home. The writ petition is
otherwise also not maintainable as the petitioner is having alternative
remedy under the provisions of Guardians and Wards Act. It is requested
that the prayer of the petitioner be dismissed.
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