Custody of Child Granted to Indian Father; Court Suspects Russian Mother May ‘Snatch’ the Child Away from India: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld a Family Court’s order granting interim custody of a four-year-old girl to her Indian father, observing that there was a reasonable apprehension that the child’s Russian mother might leave India, which would render the ongoing custody proceedings meaningless. A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed the mother’s appeal and emphasized that allowing the mother to retain custody risked…
