- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 26TH DAY OF MAY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 15324 OF 2026 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: MR. VINEET CHOPRA S/O. KAMAL CHOPRA, AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS, RESIDING AT TOWER 19 APARTMENT 502, L AND T RAINTREE BOULEVARD, NEXT TO PHOENIX MALL OF ASIA, BYATARAYANAPURA, BENGALURU-560 092 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. JAYANA KOTHARI, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI.ANAND MUTTALLI, ADVOCATE) AND: MRS. NEHA MALHOTRA D/O VIMAL KUMAR MALHOTRA, AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. B-206, MAGNOLIA BLOCK, BRIGADE MILLENNIUM, OPP. WOODROSE CLUB, J.P. NAGAR, 7TH PHASE, BENGALURU-560 078 …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. IAN LEWIS, ADVOCATE) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECTION TO QUASH AND SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED Digitally signed by SUVARNA T Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 24.04.2026 PASSED IN I.A. NO. 9 IN G AND WC NO. 210/2025 BY THE HONBLE PRINCIPAL JUDGE, FAMILY COURT, BENGALURU (ANNEXURE-A). THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI ORAL ORDER The present writ petition is filed seeking the following prayer: "PRAYER WHEREFORE, the Petitioner in the above case most respectfully prays that this Hon'ble Court be pleased to issue a Writ or Order in the nature of Certiorari or any other appropriate Writ, Order, or Direction to: (a) Quash and set aside the Order dated 24.04.2026 passed in I.A. No. 9 in G&WC No. 210/2025 by the Hon'ble Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru (Annexure-A); and (b) Grant such other order or direction as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice and the welfare of the minor child." 2. The parties are referred to as father and mother for the sake of convenience. 3. The petitioner before this Court is the father. By virtue of the impugned order, the Family Court had disposed of I.A.No.9 filed by the respondent/mother. The trial Court had observed that the mother shall ensure that her parents will file - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 a joint affidavit before the Family Court guaranteeing the safety and welfare of the minor child during the time the child stays in their house during the summer vacation. The requirement of seeking affidavit from the grandparents is only by way of abundant precaution so that the safety and well being of the child is not compromised in any manner. Once the affidavit of the grandparents is on record, then the father shall personally drop or make arrangements to ensure that the minor child is dropped at the residence of the grandparents where the mother is presently residing, at 10.00 a.m. on every Monday and Thursday during summer vacation and the father shall also make arrangements for picking up the minor child at 6.00 p.m. on every Monday and Thursday during the summer vacations and thereby it is directed that the mother shall have opportunity to spend time with the minor child from 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. on every Monday and Thursday during the summer vacations. It is further observed that the visitation in the Visitation Room on every first and third Saturday shall stand suspended during the summer vacations and shall again continue from the first Saturday of June 2026. The Family - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 Court had directed the parties to strictly comply with the timings of visitation. 4. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner/ father submits that the visitation can be at a public place and in fact, on the last occasion, the visitation was exercised in a public place and it went on well. It is submitted that the same arrangement may be continued till the vacation. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent/mother has disputed the same and submitted that as submitted by the learned senior counsel for the father, the visitation had not went on well and the mother could not get the qualitative time with the child. It is submitted that the visitation can be at the house of the grandparents, where the mother would be able to get qualitative time with the child. 6. In response to that, learned Senior counsel for the father submits that the mental status of the mother is not good and the grandparents are also being ignorant of this fact and it is not in the interest of the child to send him to the grandparents' place. Learned senior counsel submits that this Court has to look at the ultimate well being of the child and - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 going to the grandparents' place to meet the mother is not in the interest of the child. Hence, an arrangement may be made to meet the child at a public place. 7. Having heard the learned Senior counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondent, perused the entire material on record. When this Court expressed the view that this Court is not inclined to interfere with the order of visitation as the mother is exercising visitation in the presence of the grandparents, there cannot be any safety issues as stated by the father, at that juncture, the senior counsel has come up with a proposal that the visitation can happen in the Clubhouse in the premises where the mother is residing. Learned counsel appearing for the mother submits that the mother has no objection for the same. Considering the respective submissions of the parties, this Court is passing the following order: ORDER i. The respondent/mother is permitted to exercise the visitation in the Clubhouse in the premises where she is residing, as per the time schedule fixed by the Family Court. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:26221 WP No. 15324 of 2026 ii. Accordingly, the writ petition is partly allowed. iii. All I.As. in this petition shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE MEG List No.: 1 Sl No.: 71