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Punjab judge tries to reunite BC Ferries engineer’s family
A judge in India has taken it upon himself to diffuse an ugly custody battle involving a B.C. Ferries senior engineer and his wife.
The High Court judge in Chandigarh, Punjab has ordered the couple, whose names have been withheld, and their two children, a six-year-old boy and a 11-year-old girl, to spend some time in a hotel and their holiday flat to see if they can settle their differences.
The couple with their two children had come from Canada to India for a 40-day vacation from June 22 to August 3. The couple was putting up in the house of the husband in Sector 38, Chandigarh.
The husband, a senior chief engineer with British Columbia Ferries at British Columbia, Canada, in his petition filed through Advocate Anil Malhotra, has alleged that a few days after he came to Chandigarh, his wife’s father took away the children to Patiala without informing him.
The couple reportedly had some differences owing to which the wife and her father took away the two children to Patiala.
Aggrieved, the husband flew back to Canada on July 17 and filed proceedings in a Canadian court. The Canadian court restrained the wife and her father from keeping the custody of the children.
Armed with the Canadian court order, the husband returned to Chandigarh. Advocate Anil Malhotra, appearing on behalf of the husband, contended that the couple should enter into a compromise and mutually solve their differences so that the family can return to Canada. After a habeas corpus was filed, the Punjab High Court appointed a warrant officer to get the custody of the two children from the mother in Patiala.
The warrant officer, in the first week of August, produced the children in Court. The Punjab High court Judge passed the order saying: “I have heard the parties again in chamber and find that there is a possibility of an amicable settlement. Therefore, the parties will reside without interference of the family either of the husband or the wife, together at an independent place. But they are liberty to check in at any hotel available in the city.”
The Punjab Court had also issued notice to the Consulate General of Canada for assistance.
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