HC-ITALIAN 2 LAST(LGB4)

Pending the final hearing, the High Court granted the Pending the final hearing, the High Court granted thewife access to the child. The HC also restrained the husbandfrom taking the daughter to his native country withoutpermission. However, on August 19 last year, the HC was informedthat the man had left for Italy with the daughter. The wife received an order of Juvenile court in Venicewhich granted custody of the child to the husband. Sheproduced a copy of the order before the HC, which observedthat the Italian court was apparently not informed about thelegal proceedings in India. The wife also lodged a case of abduction against theman in Pune. Rodrigues had informed the court that husband haddisposed of his properties in Goa and Pune before leaving forItaly. The bench had then observed, "He may have taken thechild out of love and affection for her but prima facie itappears that the husband had abducted the child despite anundertakingto the court that he would not take his daughter to Italy." Advocate Mihir Desai, appointed ‘amicus curiae'(friend of the court), had said that in such cases, Ministryof External Affairs can inform the Indian embassy which cantake further action to bring back a person from a foreigncountry. PTI SVS KRK SMJ SK SMJPTP