By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, July 9: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday sentenced a man to two months imprisonment for admitting his daughter to a school other than the one specified by the court on an earlier occasion.
While giving the custody of the child to her father earlier, the court had made it clear that she should be allowed to continue in the same school where she was studying.
Justice C.Y. Somayajulu issued the order to jail the man for contempt of court after the mother of the child filed a petition alleging that he had deliberately and flagrantly disobeyed the orders of the HC passed on April 24, 2007.
The couple is living apart and a petition pertaining to their separation is pending in a lower court. The father had custody of the daughter who had crossed the age of seven years.
The High Court had directed the petitioner’s husband to hand over the custody of the girl to the mother during summer vacation and asked him not to shift her school without prior intimation to the court.
Justice Somayajulu did not accept the man’s contention that he changed the school as per the wish of his daughter.
The court said nothing could have stopped him from informing the court and obtaining its permission.
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