SC terms twin infants’ separation from mother ‘cruelty of highest order’
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Thursday termed the separation of twin children at the age of six months from their mother by the estranged husband in a matrimonial dispute as a case of “cruelty of highest order.” SC terms twin infants’ separation from mother ‘cruelty of highest order’ A bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria pulled up the husband for the separation of the children, who are now one and a half years old, from the mother and asked both the estranged spouses to appear before the judges on the next date of hearing in chambers with their children. “The husband has committed extreme cruelty by separating children of just six months from their mother. Welfare of the children is paramount. This is a travesty of justice. Children as small as six months cannot be deprived of their mother. This is cruelty of the highest order,” the bench observed. The top court was hearing a plea of the estranged husband seeking the transfer of matrimonial cases initiated by the wife …
