An Indian-born American woman has been asked to return to the US along with her three-year-old daughter by the Delhi High Court, which left the pending issue of the child’s custody to the jurisdiction of the American court there.
The court was hearing a plea filed by the father, seeking that the child be removed from the mother’s custody and taken to the US. This was in pursuance of an order passed by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. The HC, in its order, noted that it is in the “best interest” of the child to be in her natural environment, receive love and care of her father and grandparents who live in Chicago, and resume school.
A Bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Deepa Sharma imposed several conditions on the man, including that he fund the expenses of his estranged wife and child during their initial stay in Chicago, provide reasonable accommodation and arrange a vehicle for them.
