New Delhi, May 1 -- In a case of child custody, the Supreme Court has reversed the Kerala High Court's ruling, awarding sole custody of an 8-year-old girl to her mother.

The apex court cited the father's inability to provide home-cooked food and separation from her younger sibling as reasons for reversing the HC judgment.

The girl during her stay with the father, who works in Singapore and has rented a temporary home in Thiruvananthapuram, did not receive a single home-cooked meal. She was entirely surviving on restaurant food. She also had no companionship except for her father and was separated from her 3-year-old brother, who lives with their mother.

A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta spoke to t...