The vacation judge Justice Milind Jadhav was approached by the mother of the child against an order of the trial court permitting the father to have overnight access to the child.
The Court emphasized that children need love, understanding and company of both the parents for their healthy growth.
“The parties in this case should not forget that both parents have common responsibilities, most importantly been together would be an ideal case but even if they are separated they still have to helm the primary responsibility of upbringing and development of the child. For this, the child requires the love, affection and quality time to be spent with both the parents. Leaving apart the acrimony between the parties before me, at this stage the most important focus should be aimed at the development of the child…” the judge opined.
The Court, therefore, upheld the trial court order.
“What is important to be seen is whether the child has love and affection towards the parents rather than the other way round,” the judge observed.
Source: Barandbench
