India, Feb. 11 -- The Tripura High Court has ordered that a minor girl presently housed in a child care institution in Tamil Nadu be handed over to her mother, ruling that her continued stay there lacked legal sanction and could not be justified in law.

A Division Bench comprising Justice T. Amarnath Goud and Justice S. Dutta Purkayastha passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by the child's mother under Article 226 of the Constitution.

The court directed Hope House, a child welfare institution in Vellore, to immediately transfer custody of the minor, Pratiti Chakraborty, to her mother, Prabha Rani Das, following due formalities.

To ensure compliance, the Bench instructed the Tripura government to assign a senior police o...