India, Aug. 13 -- Caught in a custody battle between her divorced parents, a 15-year-old girl jumped off a building at the Madras High Court on Tuesday evening. Initial reports said the teenager, currently living with her mother, was distressed after the court ordered that she be placed in a care home.

Her father had filed a petition seeking her custody, arguing that her mother had remarried.

The girl appeared for the hearing Tuesday evening and suddenly jumped from the first floor after the proceedings. She suffered severe injuries, and the court staff rushed her to hospital in an ambulance. The site was later inspected by personnel from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the Tamil Nadu Police, ANI reported.

The girl's f...