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Bombay High Court Restores Father's Visitation in Mumbai Custody Case

The bench said an eight-year-old needs both parents' presence to protect his development.

Overview

  • The court reinstated the father's Sunday access and granted summer custody from May 15–20 and June 1–6.
  • A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande censured the mother for refusing agreed weekend visits.
  • The judges called it disturbing that the child was sent to a psychologist and linked the referral to blocked contact with his father.
  • The order requires that when the boy is with his father, the mother can reach him by phone or video without obstruction.
  • The bench signalled a move toward a joint parenting plan at the next hearing after earlier efforts to craft one stalled last year.