Shunali Gupta v. Kanal Gupta
Case brief
What is this about?
CONT.CAS(C) 791/2026; Delhi High Court; contempt of Family Court order dated 19.03.2026 in GP No.25/2025; wilful disobedience; minor child passport renewal; USA visa page deliberately defaced with ink; respondent tendered unconditional apology; passports deposited with petitioner's counsel; fresh US visa in child's changed name through petitioner's agent; expenses borne exclusively by respondent; foreign travel permission left to Family Court's discretion; Sachin Datta J.; disposed 06.05.2026
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of, accepting the respondent's unconditional apology and recording his undertaking. Directions issued: (i) respondent handed over the renewed and previous passports of the minor child to the petitioner's counsel during the hearing; the petitioner is to apply for a fresh USA visa bearing the child's changed name; (ii) the parties shall cooperate and the exercise will be done through the agent appointed by the petitioner; (iii) after the USA visa is obtained, the passports are to be handed over by the petitioner to the respondent for deposit before the concerned Family Court; (iv) the entire expenses (US visa charges, agent consultancy fees and official charges payable to the US Embassy) are to be borne exclusively by the respondent. Foreign-travel permission expressly left to the concerned Family Court to decide on its own merits.