Overview

• A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad issued the direction after the grandmother declined to hand over the boy.
• The court found no marital discord or incapacity, noting the father is employed with Mumbai’s civic body.
• Judges said a property dispute between the father and his parents cannot justify withholding the child from his biological parent.
• Police were asked to assist in securing custody transfer, and the grandmother received visitation rights.
• The child had lived with his paternal grandmother while his parents cared for his twin brother, who has cerebral palsy.