Bathula Kalpana v. State Of Telangana

HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE RAGHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY W.P. No. 18546 of 2019 Date: 28.08.2019 Between:

Bathula Kalpana ... Petitioner and State of Telangana, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad, and others.

...Respondents

Counsel for the petitioner:

Mr. Kowturu Pavan Kumar Counsel for the respondent Nos.1 to 3: Mr. Santosh Kumar, GP attached to the Office of the Advocate General The Court made the following:

HCJ & AAR, J W.P. No.18546 of 2019 Dt: 28.08.2019 ORDER: (per the Hon'ble the Chief Justice Sri Raghvendra Singh Chauhan) Mrs. Bathula Kalpana, the petitioner, has filed this Habeas Corpus Petition ostensibly on the ground that her two children, namely B. Prudvi, aged six years, and B. Shourya, aged four years, are being illegally detained by her mother-in-law, the respondent No.4, and her brother-in-law, the respondent No.5. Apparently, it is a case of child custody. Since the petitioner has an efficacious alternative remedy, this Habeas Corpus Petition is not maintainable. The petitioner, if so advised, is free to approach the concerned Family Court in order to seek the custody of the children.

For the reasons stated above, this Court does not find any merit in the present Habeas Corpus Petition. It is hereby dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. As a sequel, miscellaneous petitions, pending if any, shall also stand dismissed.

________________________________________ (RAGHVENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN, CJ) _____________________________ (A. ABHISHEK REDDY, J) Date: 28.08.2019 va