The Supreme Court in its latest judgment in Prateek Gupta  Vs. Shilpi Gupta  delivered on December 6, 2017, following the earlier Court...

The best possible solution would be to become a signatory to the Hague Convention and enact a Indian International Child Abduction Law.

The Supreme Court in its latest judgment in Prateek Gupta  Vs. Shilpi Gupta  delivered on December 6, 2017, following the earlier Court...

The cruel abduction of children must find a clear and simple legislative solution forthwith.

It is very much possible to efficiently investigate and locate children in difficulty besides preventing future instances of abuse and kidn

On May 18 2017, the Ministry of Women and Child Development constituted a multi 13 member high level Committee to examine issues relating...

With ever increasing population of Indians migrating and settling in foreign jurisdictions, the link with their home country does not severe

Recently, abduction of a toddler daughter by her father to the UAE amidst a custody battle at Delhi, led the CBI to file a charge-sheet...

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 (HMGA), declares that natural guardian of a Hindu minor boy or unmarried girl shall be father...

The Convention vests the prerogative with the country of habitual residence to decide issues of wrongful removal or retention.

The law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts.

The prophecy of Wordsworth resounds, reverberates and echoes, resonating that the child is the father of man.

Mirror order jurisprudence, remain to be followed by Indian Courts, when children are in India or taken out temporarily.

India agitates repatriation of renegade diamond merchant Mehul Choksi apprehended in Caribbean country of Dominica, based on an Interpol...

Inter-parental child removal now needs to be resolved by India taking the step forward to become a signatory to the Hague Convention.

Mirror orders for safeguarding rights of children, in movement in transnational families, was a unique path breaking precedent set by...

An innocent girl child suffers rape. Shocking and revolting, angry reactions emerge. The aftermath of the victim will be a complicated...

All child offenders must be charged, tried and punished in accordance with POCSO expeditiously.