Chennai, May 1 -- In a significant ruling consdering the welfare of a Muslim child as being paramount, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court, exercising its parens patriae (a Latin term) jurisdiction, has appointed a Hindu couple, who had been taking care of its right from its birth for the past three years after adopting it with the full consent of its biological mother, as its legal guardian.
Passing orders on a civil miscellaneous appeal filed against the order of a Family Court in Madurai dismissing the plea filed by the appellant (the Hindu couple) for appointment as the legal guardian of the child, a Division Bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesah andMr Justice K K Radhakrishnan took into account the fact that the child, right from...