JUDGMENT

A.M. Khanwilkar, J.

These appeals take exception to the judgment and orders passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi dated 16th November, 2017, 1st December, 2017 and 6th December, 2017, in Writ Petition (Criminal) No.374 of 2017 and Criminal M.A. No.2007 of 2017, whereby the writ petition filed by respondent No.2 for issuing a writ of habeas corpus for production of his minor daughter M (assumed name), who was about 3 years of age at the time of filing of the writ petition and for a direction for return of M to the jurisdiction of the competent Court in the United States of America in compliance with the order dated 13th January, 2017 passed by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, USA, came to be allowed. The Delhi High Court directed the appellant to comply with the directions as M was in her custody, the appellant being M's mother.

2. The respondent No.2 asserted that he was born in India but presently is a citizen of USA since 2005. He is working as the CEO of a Company called `Get Set Learning'. The appellant is his wife and mother of the minor child M. She is a US Permanent Resident and a "Green Card" holder and has also applied for US citizenship on 2nd De