Supreme Court of India

Arathi Sandi v. Bandi Jagadrakshaka Rao and Ors.

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Reported as [2013] 13 S.C.R. 988
Bench Surinder Singh Nijjar and Pinaki Chandra Ghose JJ.
Decided 16 July 2013

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, we are constrained to ·pass the following order:·-.

Judgment, page 31

From the headnote

c International Law - Private international law - Doctrine of comity of courts - Dispute between husband and wife - Divorce proceedings before U.S. court - Custody of their minor child (U.S. citizen) granted to wife - Despite refusal of relocation of the wife with the minor child to India, the wife came to India with minor child - U.S. Court thereafter "(" made the husband custodial parent - U.S. court issued writ of Habeas Corpus for producing the child - Also issued abduction notice, Red comer notice and bailable/warrant against the wife - Writ petition u!Art .. 226 by the husband in India

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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