Overview

• Justice B. M. Shyam Prasad disposed of Dror Shlomo Goldstein’s petition and permitted the Union government to issue the documents required for the family’s travel to Russia.
• A DNA report for the India-born child Ama was shared with Moscow, after which Russia granted her citizenship and issued emergency travel documents for the trio.
• Russian ETDs carry short validity from September 25 to October 9, leading the Centre to seek expedited exit permits to enable prompt departure.
• The government told the court the move is not a deportation but recognition of the mother’s wish to return with her children, though she had overstayed a visa that lapsed in 2017.
• The bench emphasized the children’s best interests, noting authorities rehabilitated the family after finding them in an isolated cave, and the mother had requested repatriation.