Overview
- Justice Sachin Datta directed the Ministry of External Affairs to appoint a liaison officer with Ukrainian authorities, seek consular access, and try to facilitate contact between the student and his mother.
- The government must file a status report within four weeks, with the next hearing scheduled for December 3.
- The petition by Hasinaben Majothi says her son, Sahil Mahmad Husen Majothi, went to Russia on a student visa and was falsely implicated in a drug case before being coerced into joining Russian forces.
- A Ukrainian military video released in October purports to show the Indian national surrendering after signing a contract with Russian forces to avoid prison, though Indian officials have not issued a formal confirmation.
- The government’s counsel told the court the student joined voluntarily and surrendered to Ukrainian authorities, while the judge noted material suggesting coercion and urged immediate steps to bring him home.