Authorities in India are on the hunt for a Kenyan man with Indian origin after the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision against him.
In 2012, Perry Kansagra’s estranged wife filed a lawsuit against him, and the two subsequently engaged in a gruelling divorce and custody dispute involving their son.
The man was found guilty of contempt of court on July 12 by India’s Supreme Court, which also ruled that his sentence should not be handed down until the man was present.
The Supreme Court ruled that Kansagra cheated the legal system by requesting custody of his son. The man allegedly used paperwork from the Kenyan Supreme Court in 2021 to obtain custody of his son.
India’s Apex Court overturned its previous verdict and initiated suo motu contempt proceedings.
“It is established that a person who makes a false statement before the Court and attempts to mislead the Court is interfering with the administration of justice and is guilty of contempt of court,” the The Bharat Express News ruling said. part.
“While the immediate proceedings can be led to a logical conclusion and the sentences handed down even in the absence of Perry, we are giving Perry the last chance to present himself before this court on July 22, 2022 at 3:00 PM, along with Aditya, it added.
With the promise of adhering to the court’s orders, Kansagra engaged in a custody dispute with his estranged wife over their son in Indian courts.
The Kenyan Supreme Court granted him custody of the child in 2020, but it later turned out that the “mirror order” he had issued was inaccurate or falsified.
The Supreme Court was also informed that Kansagra had disobeyed the court’s directives regarding the mother of the minor’s visitation rights.
He went to the Kenyan court asking for an “annulment of Indian jurisdiction and/or laws and/or judgments that deny, violate and/or threaten to violate the fundamental rights of the minor through alleged and non- enforceable judgments and orders in respect of the minor under Article 23(3)(d) of the Constitution of Kenya”.
The court reversed previous orders granting Kansagra custody of his son, declaring the decision illegal and “null and void ab initio”.
