{
  "id": 7807472,
  "title": "SC allows child to take stepfather’s name, grants mother exclusive custody",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sc-allows-child-to-take-stepfathers-name-grants-mother-exclusive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:16:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-allows-child-to-take-stepfather-s-name-grants-mother-exclusive-custody-101789568174019.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A child’s wish to bear the name of the man who lives with and cares for her became a decisive factor in an unusual intervention by the Supreme Court.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}