IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO. /2024 (ARISING OUT OF SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 30050/2024)
VAISHNAVI CAIM SAMBUDDHA APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
ALOK NATH SAMBUDDHA RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
Leave granted.
The appellant is aggrieved by the High Court declining to
grant an interim order in Appeal From Order No. 850/2024 on
Interim Application No.15214/2024 filed by the appellant
herein.
We have heard learned senior counsel for the appellant
and learned counsel for the respondent.
The controversy in this appeal is in a very narrow
canvas. The parties are at loggerheads with regard to the
interim arrangement made by the Family Court which was assailed
by the appellant herein before the High Court. The Family Court
had directed that on second and fourth Saturdays of every
month, the respondent would have the opportunity of interact
with the minor daughter between 12.00 noon and 6.00 P.M. It is
not in dispute that the appellant resides at Mumbai and the
respondent resides at Pune. Therefore, there is no question of
overnight custody being given to the respondent at present. But
the opportunity for the respondent to exercise his visitation
rights also requires consideration.
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Consequently, pending disposal of the appeal before the
High Court, the respondent can exercise his visitation rights
to meet the minor gi...