JUDGMENT: (PER SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)

1. Heard Ms. Avani Bansal, learned counsel for the Petitioner, Mr. Wesley Menezes, learned counsel for the Respondent No.2 and Ms. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, learned APP for the State-Respondent No.1.

2. The petition is filed with the following two main prayers (a) and (b):

(a) “That this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus or any other Writ, thereby directing the Respondent No.2/Respondents to produce the Petitioner’s Child ‘N’ before this Hon’ble Court forthwith;

(b) That this Hon’ble Court be pleased to issue Writ of Habeas Corpus or any other appropriate Writ, thereby directing the Respondent No.2/Respondents that all steps be taken by the Respondent No.2/Respondents to return the child to the United Kingdom as per the orders dated 20/10/2023 and 17/11/2023 passed by Hon’ble Family Court of Justice, Family Division England, United Kingdom, in case No. FD 23 P 00382, who continues in the illegal custody of the Respondent No.2.”

3. The brief facts leading to filing of the present petition are as follows:

(i) The Petitioner and the Respondent No.2 got married on 16.06.2008 in Mumbai. After the marriage, both of them shifted to Cambrid