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Delhi HC declines Afghan man’s plea to direct wife, kids to return with him

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India
Aug 20, 2018 04:25 AM IST

The Delhi High Court has declined the plea of an Afghan national to direct his wife and their two children, who have obtained refugee status in India, to return with him, after the three expressed their unwillingness to live with him

The Delhi High Court has declined the plea of an Afghan national to direct his wife and their two children, who have obtained refugee status in India, to return with him, after the three expressed their unwillingness to live with him.

The court also denied him visitation rights to meet his children whenever he comes to India noting that the two, aged nine and four years, have expressed their reluctance to meet him.(HT File Photo)
The court also denied him visitation rights to meet his children whenever he comes to India noting that the two, aged nine and four years, have expressed their reluctance to meet him.(HT File Photo)

The court also denied him visitation rights to meet his children whenever he comes to India noting that the two, aged nine and four years, have expressed their reluctance to meet him.

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A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Vinod Goel noted that the man’s wife has obtained refugee status for herself and the two children under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and their refugee ID cards are valid till April 12 next year.

The court said there was nothing on record to indicate any threat to the safety and security of the children or that they were in inconvenience or their overall development harmed during their stay in India.

“Consequently, the court has no hesitation as far as
the present petition is concerned in declining the relief sought for by the petitioner,” the bench said while dismissing the man’s plea.

His counsel also sought an order regarding visitation rights to the father whenever he visits India.

However, as the children were not inclined to meet him, the bench said it was not possible at this stage to issue any omnibus order regarding his visitation rights and that he may seek the relief in other appropriate proceedings available to him under the law.

In pursuance to the court’s earlier order, the children had met their father at the high court’s mediation centre.

The court noted that the children were reluctant to meet their father and even his wife was unwilling to return with him.

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