India has been struggling for years with legislation on the custody of children caught in transnational marital discord. The Central Government decided in 2016 to not ratify. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980), which would force Indian women who return with their children after conflict with their husbands, to go back to the foreign country for settlement of custody.
A Committee headed by Punjab and Haryana High Court Justice Rajesh Bindal subsequently studied the issue in depth. In August 2017, the committee released a concept note on its recommendations.
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