Supreme Court of India

Surya Vadanan v. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

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Reported as [2015] 4 S.C.R. 903

Bench Madan B. Lokur and Uday Umesh Laut JJ.

Decided 27 February 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, takes a final decision on the custody of the children at the earliest.

Judgment, page 42

From the headnote

Family Law: 903 Custody and guardianship of foreign children - determination - Whether by the domestic court or foreign court - When the foreign court is seized of such issue - Held: In such cases principle of 'best interests and welfare of the child' and the principle of 'comity of courts' should 0 be applied - While deciding the best interest and welfare of the child 'most intimate contact' doctrine and the 'closest concern' with the child would be better equipped and best suited to appreciate the social and cultural milieu of the child - While applying the principle of comity of courts,

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
2009 V. Ravi Chandran v. Union of India & Ors. cited by 11
1997 Dhanwanti Joshi v. Madhav Unde cited by 10
2000 Sarita Sharma v. Sushil Sharma cited by 9
2010 Mrs. Shilpa Aggarwal v. Mr. Aviral Mittal & Anr. cited by 8
2011 Ruchi Majoo v. Sanjeev Majoo cited by 6
2009 Mrs. Shilpa Aggarwal v. Mr. Aviral Mitial & Anr. cited by 6

Where later benches applied it

2022 Rajeswari Chandrasekar Ganesh v. The State of Tamil Nadu & Ors. relied on
2019 Lahari Sakhamuri v. Sobhan Kodali relied on
2017 Nithya Anand Raghavan v. State of Nct of Delhi & Anr. relied on
2019 Tejaswini Gaud and Ors. v. Shekhar Jagdish Prasad Tewari and Others referred to
2017 Prateek Gupta v. Shilpy Gupta & Ors. referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 2 referred to

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