SC: Trace Russian wife, hand over kid to his Indian father

THE Supreme Court on Thursday directed senior Delhi Police officials to immediately trace a child of a Russian mother and an Indian father, while asking the Centre to issue a look-out (LOC) notice with regard to the woman and the minor to ensure she did not leave the country.

- SUCHITRA KALYAN MOHANTY @ New Delhi

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi directed the authorities to seize her passport and inform all international airports and other ports within India, and the immigration authorities to ensure she did not leave the country.

The father is fighting a custody battle for the child with the estranged Russian wife. In his petition, he alleged that she wasn't complying with the court's order of custody of the minor.