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2025 Supreme(Online)(Cal) 3386

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J
Shantilal Sharma & Ors. – Appellant
Versus
Susant Vyas @ Sushanta Vyas – Respondent
C.O. 2341 of 2025



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Sudhasatva Banerjee, Ms. Aafreen Perveen, Mr. Shashwat Nayak, Mr. Aurin Chakraborty, Mr. Gholam Shahbaz, Ms. Aafreen Begam
For the Respondents: Mr. Pratip Mukherjee, Mr. Arpit Agarwal, Mr. P. Biswas

A civil revisional application regarding visitation rights emphasized the importance of complete evidence and adherence to procedural requirements within child welfare contexts.

Headnote:(A) Constitution of India - Article 227 - Civil revisional application concerning visitation rights of a minor child - Previous order prohibiting visitation due to psychological concerns - Petitioners argued they complied with court orders by consulting a child psychologist, yet report was not filed when needed - Opposite party questioned compliance, triggering underlying issues of procedural adherence and child welfare. (Paras 1-5)

(B) Revision Applications - Courts should allow parties to present evidence previously unsubmitted, provided there is no significant delay; this supports fair hearing principles. (Paras 5-7)

Facts of the case:
The petitioners sought to withdraw a civil revisional application regarding visitation rights, claiming they needed to present a child psychologist's report, which was not submitted at the time of the impugned order.

Findings of Court:
The court allowed withdrawal with liberty to file a new application; emphasized procedural fairness and child welfare.

Issues: Compliance with prior court orders on child visitation and the implications of procedural delays.

Ratio Decidendi: The necessity of placing complete and relevant evidence before the court is crucial for assessing visitation rights in child welfare cases.

Result: C.O. 2341 of 2025 stands dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to file an appropriate application.

Susant Vyas @ Sushanta Vyas Mr. Sudhasatva Banerjee Ms. Aafreen Perveen Mr. Shashwat Nayak Mr. Aurin Chakraborty Mr. Gholam Shahbaz Ms. Aafreen Begam ..for the petitioners Mr. Pratip Mukherjee Mr. Arpit Agarwal Mr. P. Biswas ..for the opposite party This application under Article 227 of the Constitution of India is at the instance of the opposite party in Misc. Case No. 141 of 2023 and is directed against an order being no. 17 dated June, 4, 2025 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, 5th Court at Howrah.

By the order impugned, the learned judge directed the petitioner herein to attend at any third place in the city of Mumbai nearest to the city of Pune for visitation of the father with the minor child Hriday Vyas and that visitation will be for the period of 48 hours in every month possibly on 2nd Saturday and 2nd Sunday of each month and the child is to accompany to Mumbai with only one male member of the family of the petitioners herein and any violation of the same will be disobedience to the order passed by the court. Mr. Banerjee, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the learned judge by an order dated 1st March, 2025 after interacting with the child expressed an opinion that it will not be proper to allow any visitation right to the opposite party herein as it will have a negative impact in his mind and psychology as the children are adamant. He further submits that the learned judge directed the petitioners herein to place the child before the clinical child psychologist along with the copy of the order. He submits that pursuant to the said order the child was taken to the clinical child psychologist who after examining the child gave a report to the petitioners herein in a sealed cover to be placed before the learned trial judge. He submits that on the day when the impugned order was passed due to some communication gap between the arguing counsel and the learned advocate on record, the report in the sealed cover could not be filed and a prayer for adjournment was made. He submits that when the learned judge was of the view that the opinion of the child psychologist is necessary before passing any order for visitation, the order impugned order ought not to have been passed.

The learned advocate for the opposite party seriously disputes the submission made by Mr.

Banerjee. He submits that the opposite party has serious doubts as to whether the child was at all taken to the child psychologist. He submits that instead of filing the report the petitioners herein filed an adjournment petition annexing a medical document. He submits that such document bears a date prior to the passing of the order dated 1st March, 2025 and thus it is apparent that the petitioner herein did not take any steps in compliance of the order dated 1st March, 2025. He further submits that the petitioner herein is only trying to delay the visitation of the father with the minor child on frivolous grounds. He further submits that 6th August, 2025 has been fixed for hearing of an application filed by the opposite party alleging willful and deliberate violation of the order dated 4th June, 2025.

After some argument Mr. Banerjee, learned advocate appearing for the petitioner submits that the report in the sealed cover given by the child psychologist is with him and he can produce the same before the learned trial judge if an opportunity is given to the petitioners herein.

Mr. Banerjee prays for leave to withdraw this civil revisional application with liberty to approach the learned trial judge by filing an appropriate application before the learned trial judge to enable him to produce the relevant materials before the learned trial judge.

Mr. Banerjee however submits that since the petitioner preferred the civil revisional application, and in the meantime the period of limitation for filing an application for recalling has expired, a direction be given to the learned trial judge to consider the application on merits withou

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