https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169296 The Supreme Court rejected a Special Leave Petition in a custody dispute over a minor child, Nivedita, between the grandmother and father. Legal proceedings in India and the U.S.A. ensued after the father took the child to the U.S.A., leading to a complaint of kidnapping. Despite the High Court's direction to produce the child, the father did not comply. The father was permitted custody by a Superior Court in New Jersey, and the child was later adopted by his new wife and sent to a Christian school. In a separate issue, the court clarified that personal examination of the accused under section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is mandatory in cases punishable with imprisonment exceeding two years, emphasizing the accused's personal participation for a fair trial. en-us Fri, 30 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:20:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169296 The Supreme Court rejected a Special Leave Petition in a custody dispute over a minor child, Nivedita, between the grandmother and father. Legal proceedings in India and the U.S.A. ensued after the father took the child to the U.S.A., leading to a complaint of kidnapping. Despite the High Court's direction to produce the child, the father did not comply. The father was permitted custody by a Superior Court in New Jersey, and the child was later adopted by his new wife and sent to a Christian school. In a separate issue, the court clarified that personal examination of the accused under section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is mandatory in cases punishable with imprisonment exceeding two years, emphasizing the accused's personal participation for a fair trial. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 30 Apr 1993 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169296