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Where Sunni Muslim personal law applies and the infant’s welfare does not require a different…

In Gohar Begam v. Suggi, the Supreme Court recognised the Sunni Muslim mother’s claim to custody of her daughter born outside marriage. The Court also considered the child’s…

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Where Sunni Muslim personal law applies and the infant’s welfare does not require a different placement, who has the usual claim to custody of an infant girl born outside marriage?

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In Gohar Begam v. Suggi, the Supreme Court recognised the Sunni Muslim mother’s claim to custody of her daughter born outside marriage.

The Court also considered the child’s welfare before directing that custody be restored to the mother.

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Option A

The mother has the custody claim under the rule applied in Gohar Begam.

Option B

The paternal grandmother has no preferred claim by reason of that relationship on these facts.

Option C

The child's birth outside marriage does not give the two biological parents a default joint custody claim under the rule applied.

Option D

The mother has the ordinary custody claim under the stated rule.

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