Court restores toddler’s custody to pregnant mother, calls separation ‘grave cruelty’

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed a woman’s husband and in-laws to hand over the custody of her three-year-old son, observing that the welfare of a child of such tender age is ordinarily best served in the care of the mother and that depriving a pregnant woman of the custody of her firstborn would amount to “grave cruelty”.