Psychological intervention may be needed while dealing with fragile family relationships
Roshan Dalvi
In her book Tangible Justice: Glimpses of a Judicial Life, Justice Roshan Dalvi has related incidents about real life litigants and how she dealt effectively with sensitive matters. Reproduced here, with permission, is an edited extract from her book.
Cases are like snowflakes and strained relationships are like glass. Each case requires to be handled differently and with care. I handled the case of a father of two little girls estranged from their mother because of a volatile, physically abusive relationship. The father demanded what he hardly deserved. Nonetheless, since he was a father, I played my usual card of arranging......