ORDER :

[N. Anand Venkatesh, J.]

[Habeas Corpus Petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking for an issue of a Writ of Habeas Corpus directing the 9th respondent namely, the Commissioner of Police, Chennai City, Tamil Nadu to secure the minor sons respondents 2 and 3 from the illegal custody of the respondents 1, 4 and 5 and to produce the bodies of the respondents 2 and 3 before this Court and hand over the custody of the said minor childrens to, so that the respondents 2 and 3 can be taken to the United States of America where they were living and studying in school since they are the citizens of the said country.]

1. “The Child is father of the Man” is a famous quote from William §Wordsworth’s poem “My Heart Leaps Up”. The popular understanding of this phrase is that the behaviour and activities of a person’s childhood go a long way in building his personality. Children used to be enchanted with the joys of childhood and those thoughts evoke nostalgia when the child becomes a man. For Wordsworth, a rainbow in the sky made his heart leap. Alas, gone are the days when children used to enjoy their childhood and they are now helplessly made to witness the