Punjab's NRI British kids in custody battle

New Delhi: Two children in a village of Punjab's Hoshiarpur district are caught in a legal tangle, involving not just the Punjab and Haryana High court but also the London High court. Six-year-old Arman Preet Singh and his four-year-old sister Sajal Preet are caught in an international legal tussle over their custody.

Their British citizen mother is seeking their custody while they want to be with their paternal grandparents in Punjab.

While their mother Paramjeet Kaur, a British citizen has moved the London High court to get their custody.

Paramjit Kaur Toor, the mother of the two children said,"They are my children and I have full rights over them."

Paramjeet does not get along with her husband and the London High Court has sought an explanation from him as to why he moved the children to his parents in India.

She has also filed a habeas corpus writ in the Punjab and Haryana High court saying her children are being illegally detained.

But the grandparents Baldev and Santosh claim she had herself handed over the children to them.

They say Paramjeet was unable to take care of them as she had suffered from moderate learning difficulties since childhood.

Santosh Kaur, the grandmother of the children said, "Paramjeet has been diagnosed with learning problems."

NRI kids in Punjab often become a subject matter of international custody battles. Lawyers are now suggesting that India sign the Hague Convention on Child abduction to ensure reciprocal recognition of orders by courts of signatory countries.

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