Bhubaneswar, Nov. 12 -- The Orissa High Court has declined a Filipino mother's plea for custody of her two-year-old daughter, ruling that the child should remain with her paternal grandparents in Odisha in the interest of her welfare.
However, the court directed the father to facilitate daily video calls between them and bear the mother's travel and accommodation expenses during her visits to India.
The habeas corpus petition was filed by Nenelle Beronilla Dayandayan, a Philippine national working in Vietnam, seeking custody of her daughter from her father, Mrutunjaya Kar, and paternal grandparents in Jajpur district.
The child was born in Bengaluru on November 26, 2023, out of the couple's live-in relationship. The mother alleged that s...