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Shabbily-dressed person in Supreme Court, tackling custody dispute (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scarecrow

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'shabbily-dressed person' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'supreme court tackling custody dispute' is the wordplay.
'supreme court' becomes 'sc' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'tackling' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'custody' becomes 'care' (I've seen this before).
'dispute' becomes 'row' (row is a kind of dispute).
'sc' enclosing 'care' is 'scarec'.
'scarec'+'row'='SCARECROW'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scarecrow that I've seen before include "Man of straw" , "shabby one" , "he's shabbily dressed" , "pest controller" , "one out in the field" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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