Mother can’t be denied child’s custody over second marriage, rules PHC

PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court has ruled that contracting a second marriage cannot be a conclusive ground to deprive a mother of the custody of her child. A single-member bench consisting of Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar declared that in custody matters the court was required to undertake an objective assessment of the minor’s existing circumstances, emotional attachment, settled environment, educational needs and comparative suitability of the proposed custodial arrangements. “It is a settled principle of law that, in determining the question of custody, the court must be guided primarily by…