India, April 30 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday rejected the petition filed by a Maharashtrian doctor settled in the United Kingdom (UK), seeking an order compelling his estranged wife to send their 12-year-old son, who currently lives in Mumbai with his mother, to the UK, as previously ordered by an English court.

The division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and Justice Sandesh Patil rejected the petition after noting that the boy might not see his mother for a very long time, a situation that would not be in the child's best interest.

The couple married according to Hindu rites in 2008 and moved to the USA, where their son was born in 2014. In 2019, the husband got a job in the UK and the family moved there in July. Two years lat...