Supreme Court of India

Sri Nilanjan Bhattacharya v. The State of Karanataka and Others

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Reported as [2020] 14 S.C.R. 445
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K. M. Joseph JJ.
Decided 23 September 2020

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the conditions which have been imposed by the High Court in clauses (a) and (b) of paragraph 18 of the judgment and order dated 7 April 2020, do not sub-serve the interests of justice.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Custody – Of minor child – Parens patriae jurisdiction – Appellant and second respondent got married in India in 2012 – Moved to the US in April 2015 – son was born in December 2016 – Second respondent came to India with the child in March 2019 and stayed back – Appellant granted legal and temporary custody of the minor child by Superior Court of New Jersey in May 20 19 – Petition for habeas corpus filed by appellant before High Court of Karnataka in August 2019 – Division Bench vide orde r dtd. 07.04.20, allowed the appellant to take the minor child with him to the US, however imposed two

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