Supreme Court of India

V. Ravi Chandran v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2009] 15 S.C.R. 960

Bench Tarun Chatterjee, R.M. Lodha and Dr. B.S. Chauhan JJ.

Decided 17 November 2009

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From the headnote

Child Welfare - Custody and guardianship of foreign child - Removed from foreign jurisdiction by one parent - In c contravention of the orders of the Court - Held: In such cases court should either conduct an elaborate enquiry on the question of custody or to summarily direct the parent to return the case to the court of the country from which the child was removed to be investigated there - On facts, the case does not warrant enquiry by the court in India - Parent who removed the child from the jurisdiction of the foreign country, directed to produce the child to the competent court there,

Authorities it was built on

1986 Mrs. Elizabeth Dinshaw v. Arvand M. Dinshaw and Anr. cited by 19
1984 Smt. Surindar Kaur Sandhu v. Harbax Singh Sandhu & Anr. cited by 13
2000 Sarita Sharma v. Sushil Sharma cited by 9

Where later benches applied it

2022 Rohith Thammana Gowda v. State of Karnataka & Ors. relied on
2022 Rajeswari Chandrasekar Ganesh v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. relied on
2020 Sri Nilanjan Bhattacharya v. The State of Karanataka and Others relied on
2020 Yashita Sahu v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. relied on
2019 Lahari Sakhamuri v. Sobhan Kodali relied on
2013 Arathi Sandi v. Bandi Jagadrakshaka Rao and Ors. relied on
2024 Col. Ramneesh Pal Singh v. Sugandhi Aggarwal referred to
2018 Mrs. Kanika Goel v. State of Delhi through S.H.O. and Anr. referred to
2017 Prateek Gupta v. Shilpy Gupta & Ors. referred to
2015 Surya Vadanan v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. referred to
2011 Ruchi Majoo v. Sanjeev Majoo referred to

Of those, 6 relied on · 5 referred to

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