“We Have ‘Comity Of Courts’”, Says SC; Dismisses Father’s Plea For Habeas Corpus Where Custody Is Assigned By Australian Court [Read Order]

In an interesting instance of a habeas corpus writ petition instituted by the father of a 13-year-old girl, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AM Khanwilkar on Monday reasserted the principle of ‘Comity of Courts’.The facts of the case were that the biological mother of the girl had passed away soon after her birth in 2005, since when...