Published on : 05 Nov 2025, 9:37 am 3 min read

The Delhi High Court recently upheld a family court’s order granting interim custody of a four-year-old girl to her Indian father, noting that there was a reasonable apprehension that the child's Russian mother might leave India with her, rendering ongoing legal proceedings meaningless.

A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed an appeal filed by the mother challenging the family court’s decision to hand over the custody of the child (also a Russian citizen) to her estranged husband.

The Bench reasoned that it did not want the jurisdiction of Indian courts snatched away.

“The various concerns and considerations that need to be given primacy would only come into play once the lega

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