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TopicChild custody

Topic: child custody

‘Children not pawns’: Calcutta HC rolls out framework to ensure judicial uniformity in custody matters

Guidelines lay out joint parenting norms, visitation schedules to transform custody litigation from contest of parental rights into process centred around children’s emotional developmental needs.

Multi-billion dollar firm Rippling co-founder’s bitter custody battle plays out in full public glare

Chennai boy Prasanna Sankar, now a tech entrepreneur based in Singapore, and wife Dhivya Sashidhar are embroiled in a bitter divorce and custody battle over their nine-year-old son.

Ex-judges write to G20 members for return of Baby A, other Indian kids taken by foreign child services

Four former SC judges and two former HC chief justices have emphasised need to find 'compassionate solution' and highlighted India’s 'robust' child protection system.

Germany vs the Shahs: What’s the Baby A case Rajya Sabha MPs are asking Modi govt to urgently address

Ministry of External Affairs summoned German Ambassador Philipp Ackermann last week to discuss 'high priority' case of 2-yr-old Indian girl taken from parents over allegations of abuse.

Child custody to inheritance, how personal laws shape family dynamics in India

Until the Uniform Civil Code comes into play, varied personal laws for different religions shape some of the most important life events in India, from divorce to death.

‘Not fair trial’ — Baby A’s parents worry about child’s repatriation as German court denies them custody

In 2 judgments dated 13 June, local family court rejected the parents’ application to return 28-month-old Baby A to them or hand the child to a third party, the Indian Welfare Services.

MEA calls for Baby A’s return. How parents got stuck in custody battle with German authorities

German child welfare body took custody of Baby A in 2021, alleging sexual abuse & negligence. While criminal case against parents was closed, custody battle is ongoing.

CBI to aid custody battle? Why SC wants probe agency’s help in international row over 3-yr-old

SC directs CBI to help trace Pune-born child and Egyptian father, who allegedly ‘fled’ abroad after a custody fight with the boy’s Indian grandmother and aunt. The mother died in 2019.

On Camera

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.