HC notice to Pak embassy over 4-year-old’s custody
23 Aug 2014 5:58 AM IST
The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the Pakistan High Commission, seeking its assistance on the custody issue of a four-year-old Pakistani girl, who had lost her parents in an accident near Srinagar in June.
A division bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal and Justice SP Garg asked the Pakistani mission to assist the court by providing details of the guardians of the child seeking her custody. The court posted the matter for 25 August. The case relates to a incident where Lahore-based businesswoman Shabnam Barkat, her second husband Shabir Ahmed (who was from Kashmir) and her daughter (from first marriage) had met with an accident near Srinagar 14 June. The child’s Pakistani biological father had died in 2012 and the next year, Shabnam married Ahmed.
In the accident in Srinagar, both the parents (mother and stepfather) died while she suffered serious injuries. She is currently staying with a relative of her stepfather. Hearing the news of accident, a Pakistani lawyer and Shabnam’s sister-in-law Shazia Naz approached the high court, filing habeas corpus plea for seeking the custody of her niece. However, during Friday’s hearing, the child’s maternal uncle and aunt also appeared before the court seeking her custody.
A division bench of Justice Reva Khetrapal and Justice SP Garg asked the Pakistani mission to assist the court by providing details of the guardians of the child seeking her custody. The court posted the matter for 25 August. The case relates to a incident where Lahore-based businesswoman Shabnam Barkat, her second husband Shabir Ahmed (who was from Kashmir) and her daughter (from first marriage) had met with an accident near Srinagar 14 June. The child’s Pakistani biological father had died in 2012 and the next year, Shabnam married Ahmed.
In the accident in Srinagar, both the parents (mother and stepfather) died while she suffered serious injuries. She is currently staying with a relative of her stepfather. Hearing the news of accident, a Pakistani lawyer and Shabnam’s sister-in-law Shazia Naz approached the high court, filing habeas corpus plea for seeking the custody of her niece. However, during Friday’s hearing, the child’s maternal uncle and aunt also appeared before the court seeking her custody.
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