RAVINDER DUDEJA, J.
1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution
of India is filed by the petitioner/husband seeking issuance of a writ of
Habeas Corpus directing Respondent No.2/mother of the minor
children, to produce the children before this Court and further seeks a
direction for their return to the United Kingdom in terms of orders
passed by the High Court of Justice, Family Division, London.
Brief Facts
2. The petitioner/father and Respondent No.2/mother met in the
United Kingdom in 2006 and after five years, they solemnized their
marriage as per Islamic law in 2011 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
and registered their marriage in Swansea, United Kingdom in March
2012. Out of the wedlock, two sons were born- “AA” having DOB as
04th March, 2014 and “MM” having DOB as 30th August, 2018. Both
the children are British nationals, having been born in the United
Kingdom, and had been residing in the United Kingdom since their
birth. The petitioner, being of Pakistani origin, was granted British
Citizenship in 2016 and the Respondent No.2, in 2023, was granted
leave to live indefinitely in the United Kingdom.