Mohd Iftikhar Khan v. Zeeshan Sadar Khan
Case brief
What is this about?
MAT.APP.(F.C.) 396/2025 | High Court of Delhi | decided 12.11.2025 | Bench: Anil Kshetarpal & Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, JJ. | Appeal under Section 19(1) Family Courts Act, 1984 against interim child-custody order dated 24.08.2024 of Family Court, Saket Courts, New Delhi in G.P. No.107/2023 (Zeeshan Sadar Khan v. Mohd. Iftekhar Khan) | Respondent-Mother granted twice-monthly weekend custody (Friday evening to Sunday afternoon) of 9-year-old child | earlier 1st/3rd-Friday handover changed owing to school functioning on two Saturdays a month; order passed after interaction with child | delay applications CM APPL. 70346/2025 (360 days) and CM APPL. 70347/2025 (20 days) | result: no ground to interfere; appeal and pending applications dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Having regard to the prior arrangement, the modification occasioned by the child's school being open on two Saturdays a month, and the fact that the Family Court interacted with the child before passing the Impugned Order, the Bench finds no ground to interfere with the order passed by the learned Family Court.