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The High Court of Karnataka (HCK) has ordered exertion of the Child Access and Custody Guidelines on with Parenting Plan-2025, notified precocious by the High Court of Calcutta (HCC), by each proceedings courts successful the State till the HCK frames its rules for kid custody based connected these guidelines with due changes.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha passed the interim bid portion proceeding a PIL petition, which the tribunal suo motu initiated successful 2023 to framework guidelines for determining issues of kid custody successful matrimonial disputes earlier assorted judicial fora and to impact experts successful quality psychology.
During the proceeding connected the petition connected December 15, the guidelines notified by the HCC successful September 2025 were submitted earlier the Bench, which successful crook decided to travel these guidelines till the Rule Committee of the HCK analysed the guidelines and comes retired with rules for Karnataka.
Meanwhile, the Bench said the guidelines framed by the HCC should beryllium applied by each the proceedings courts successful Karnataka exercising jurisdiction successful the matters relating to Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, till the HCK framed rules.
The Bench noted that the HCC portion considering a PIL petition for a absorption to framework due guidelines for kid access, kid custody on with parental plan, had referred the substance to HCC’s Rule Committee, which invited suggestions from territory judges, directors of the judicial academy, State of West Bengal, kid psychologists, and different applicable stakeholders, who had held assorted deliberations.
After the framing of the guidelines, the HCC adopted it connected September 23, 2025, for its exertion successful kid custody cases till it framed rules based connected the guidelines, the Bench noted portion adjourning further proceeding connected the petition till March 13, 2026.
