Even if one parent has custody, the other can't be denied visitation: HC
	
		
				Bhubaneswar, Oct. 31 -- In a significant ruling affirming the right of both parents to remain involved in their child's life, the Orissa high court has held that a father "who has been consistently approaching courts to see his son cannot be presumed to be a threat to him or his mother".
Setting aside a Family Court order that had denied visitation rights to a Cuttack-based man seeking to meet his infant son, the high court observed that "even if the custody lies with one parent, the other must have sufficient access. A child cannot be deprived of the love and affection of either parent."
Justice Sashikant Mishra made the observations while hearing a writ petition filed by the father, Saurav Raiguru, whose plea for limited visitation was ea...
		
			
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