Foreign Ministry Officer To Meet Filmmaker Over Detention Of His Minor Children In Pak
NDTV
The filmmaker alleged his children have been illegally detained in Pakistan by his wife Maryam Chaudhary and her family.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Monday told the Bombay High Court an officer from its Chief Passport and Visa office would meet film producer Mushtaq Nadiadwala, who has claimed his two minor children have been illegally detained by his Pakistani wife and her family since 2020.
The MEA made the submission before a division bench of Justices NM Jamdar and NR Borkar.
The bench was hearing a plea filed by Mr Nadiadwala seeking a direction to the Indian government to facilitate the safe return of his two minor children - a 9-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter - who are allegedly being held illegally in Pakistan. The plea also sought return of his wife if she is being held in the neighbouring country by her family under undue influence.
On Monday, Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh and advocate Ashish Chavan, appearing for the MEA, sought time to file an affidavit in response to the petition as it raises a peculiar situation and said the government was not taking the petition as an adversarial (in conflict) plea.
