<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted custody of the four-year-old son of the Bengaluru-based techie, Atul Subhash, who died by suicide in December, to his estranged wife, Nikita Singhania.</p><p>The top court dismissed the plea moved by Anju Devi, the mother of deceased Subhash, seeking a direction for the custody of her grandson.</p><p>"We are not entertaining the plea of the grandmother (of the four-year-old child)," a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said.</p>.Trial of Yasin Malik: SC asks J&K HC registrar to ensure proper video conferencing facilities at Jammu court.<p>Before passing the order, the bench had a brief interaction with the child via video link.</p><p>The court noted that the boy had spent minimal time with his grandmother and thereby, should remain with his mother, considering his "best interests and well-being".</p><p>"We direct that the child's custody should be with the mother at present," the top court said in its order. </p><p>At the beginning of the hearing, the petitioner sought a week's time to file a more detailed affidavit in the matter. </p><p>However, the bench made it clear that the court is not willing to entertain any such request. </p><p>"This is a habeas corpus (petition), we want to see the child, produce the child," the bench told the parties that it will take up the matter after sometime. </p>.Woman cop challenges in SC Patna HC order quashing FIR against IPS officer accused of raping her.<p>The counsel appearing for Singhania said he would produce the child within 30 minutes. After a break of 45 minutes, the boy appeared on a video link, but at that time the court went offline.</p><p>On January 7, while dealing with habeas corpus plea filed by his mother Anju Devi, the bench had said the child is a stranger to his grandmother and made it clear that Singhania is yet to be proven guilty and the matter cannot be decided on the basis of a media trial.</p><p>Before his death, Subhash left behind a video and written notes alleging harassment and false accusations from his wife and in-laws, triggering massive outrage across the country over misuse of dowry prohibition laws.</p><p>His mother Anju Devi sought the custody of her grandson whose whereabouts were then unknown following the arrest of her daughter-in -law and her family members.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday granted custody of the four-year-old son of the Bengaluru-based techie, Atul Subhash, who died by suicide in December, to his estranged wife, Nikita Singhania.</p><p>The top court dismissed the plea moved by Anju Devi, the mother of deceased Subhash, seeking a direction for the custody of her grandson.</p><p>"We are not entertaining the plea of the grandmother (of the four-year-old child)," a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said.</p>.Trial of Yasin Malik: SC asks J&K HC registrar to ensure proper video conferencing facilities at Jammu court.<p>Before passing the order, the bench had a brief interaction with the child via video link.</p><p>The court noted that the boy had spent minimal time with his grandmother and thereby, should remain with his mother, considering his "best interests and well-being".</p><p>"We direct that the child's custody should be with the mother at present," the top court said in its order. </p><p>At the beginning of the hearing, the petitioner sought a week's time to file a more detailed affidavit in the matter. </p><p>However, the bench made it clear that the court is not willing to entertain any such request. </p><p>"This is a habeas corpus (petition), we want to see the child, produce the child," the bench told the parties that it will take up the matter after sometime. </p>.Woman cop challenges in SC Patna HC order quashing FIR against IPS officer accused of raping her.<p>The counsel appearing for Singhania said he would produce the child within 30 minutes. After a break of 45 minutes, the boy appeared on a video link, but at that time the court went offline.</p><p>On January 7, while dealing with habeas corpus plea filed by his mother Anju Devi, the bench had said the child is a stranger to his grandmother and made it clear that Singhania is yet to be proven guilty and the matter cannot be decided on the basis of a media trial.</p><p>Before his death, Subhash left behind a video and written notes alleging harassment and false accusations from his wife and in-laws, triggering massive outrage across the country over misuse of dowry prohibition laws.</p><p>His mother Anju Devi sought the custody of her grandson whose whereabouts were then unknown following the arrest of her daughter-in -law and her family members.</p>
