Well well well. let just take the religious aspect of it. This child is very small to understand the religion at least till the age of 15.
If I have a child, its my duty to teach him how to live in this world. As a hindu I strogly believe If I don't bring him up in the way my religion teaches me , I will be punished by my GOD.

Since it is proved that this child's birth parents are the one who are claiming to be, its thier parents duty to teach this child ISLAMISM and its upto him to follow it or not later.

If I take one muslim child at the age of 3 or 4 and bring him up as a Hindu child.. am I doing justice to the society... to myself?

Finally I should be more than happy to return the child to original parents after such a tragical incident happend, making the child understand about the whole story. Definitely the child and his parents will ever love me and my fammily.

But this way.... are we creating more hatred in society?
Lets think!!!

As an adoptive parent I am very happy that the court has ordered as it has. Nurturing a child, bonding through the trauma that the child has lived through and the emotional investment for both the child and the adoptive parents can not be brushed aside. I do sympathise with the birth parents. I certainly feel that they should be asked to participate actively in the childs life, but not at the cost of the child's emotinal wellbeing. And NO, BEING ONLY EIGHT IS NOT TOO YOUNG. I was also eight once,and decisions were taken on my behalf then that I and they resulted in the kind of havoc that fictions are made of. I survived, but wouldn't recommend it for anybody else. So I am grateful to the courts and hope that adults are adult enough to not make his life miserable.

Instead of quarreling for the boy's custody,nobody is even thinking of the little boy. The concerned authorities and N Go's should strive to see that the boy has a family, whoever it may be which is necessary for the boy's future. Imagine a boy without a family???

Vivek is too young to understand anything. For him, separation from Patni's would mean separation from everyone/everything he knew all his life. I don't think Sheik's should have any issues with Vivek's decision of staying with his adopted parents. They should in fact be happy and thankful to Patni's for taking care of their son all along.

Ultimately, the well being of Vivek is what is important. Instead of fighting it in the court, they should look for some alternatives. They could probably convince Patni's and share the responsibility of raising the kid. If possible, they could move closer to where Patni's live. In that way, they wouldn't miss their son. They can see him everyday and win his love in a positive way.

I think this would be a very positive way of resolving the issue.

Naturally he should stay with his parents. Of course he does not remember them being a child when the genocide occurred. But still blood relatives are blood relatives.

I strongly feel boy is innocent and he cannot understand the emotions of his original parents. He would understand may be after some time. So till then let him be with the one who is taking care ! There is NO point in going to court and find the justice........let them resolve by themselves ! May be Muzaffar-Vivek can be the best example of Humnaity winning over religion!!

there should be joint custody