India, Jan. 24 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that before issuing a direction to send a child to boarding school amid custody battle between parents, psychologically evaluating the child is necessary to ascertain whether such child can handle the separation from the parent he/she has been living with.

A division bench of chief justice Arun Bhansali and justice Jaspreet Singh observed this in a 52-page judgement passed jointly on January 21 on a special appeal filed by a father and a special appeal moved by a child through his mother in a matter for custody and visitation of a seven-year-old minor son between warring parents.

The court said, "The court has to ensure that in a legal battle between the c...