- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2952 WP No. 1280 of 2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 20TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA WRIT PETITION NO. 1280 OF 2026 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: 1. SRI.S.PADMANABHA S/O LATE SUNKU GUNDIAH SETTY, AGED ABOUT 80 YEARS, 2. SMT. ASHA PADMANABHA W/O SRI. S. PADMANABHA, AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS, BOTH RESIDING AT NO.802, PLATINUM ANAND APARTMENT, BULL TEMPLE ROAD, BENGALURU - 560 019. 3. SRI. H.R. RAMANATHA SETTY S/O LATE H.V. RANG SETTY, AGED ABOUT 80 YEARS, 4. SMT. H.R. SUKANYA, W/O SRI. H.R. RAMANATHA SETTY, AGED ABOUT 78 YEARS, BOTH RESIDING AT NO.2608, 8TH MAIN ROAD, BANASHANKARI II STAGE, BENGALURU - 560 070. …PETITIONERS (BY SRI. DEVARAJA B., ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by SOWMYA DODDAMARAIAH Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2952 WP No. 1280 of 2026 AND: 1. SRI. PRITHVI SUNKU S/O SRI. KIRAN SUNKU, AGED ABOUT 33 YEARS, R/AT NO.121, 5TH MAIN ROAD, CHAMARAJPET, BENGALURU - 560 018. 2. SMT. SUKRUTHA PRITHVI W/O SRI. PRITHVI SUNKU, AGED ABOUT 32 YEARS, R/AT NO.61/62, EAST PARK ROAD, 15TH CROSS, NEAR MLA COLLEGE, MALLESHWARAM, BENGALURU - 560 003. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. RANGANATH REDDY, ADVOCATE FOR R1; SRI. NAGESH VINAY S, ADVOCATE FOR SMT. DHANALAKSHMI Y, ADVOCATE FOR C/R2) THIS WP IS FILED UNDE ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER DATED 19.12.2025 PASSED IN G AND WC NO. 246/2026 IA NO.2 AND GRANT APPROPRIATE RELIEF DEEMED FIT IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY WHICH IS PRODUSED AS ANX-A AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2952 WP No. 1280 of 2026 ORAL ORDER Heard Sri. Devaraja.B learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri. Ranganath Reddy who represents respondent No.1 and Sri. Nagesh Vinay.S who represents Ms. Dhanalakshmi.Y learned counsel on record for respondent No.2. 2. Being aggrieved by the order passed by the Court of IV Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru on I.A No.2 in G & WC. No.246/2025 dated 19.12.2025 the present writ petition is filed. 3. The petitioners are the grandparents (paternal and maternal) of respondent No.1 herein. Respondent No.1 is the father and respondent No.2 is the mother of the child Kum. Srimayi Prithvi Sunku aged around 3 years. The child is under the custody of her mother i.e., respondent No.2. The petitioners who are the great grandparents of the child filed a petition seeking interim custody of the child from 10.00 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. on every Saturday and Sunday. Their request was dishonored by the Court through the impugned order and aggrieved by the same the present writ petition is filed. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2952 WP No. 1280 of 2026 4. Learned counsel who represents the petitioners submits that the great grandparents intend to shower their love and affection and therefore they filed an application seeking interim custody for a limited period but their request was dishonored. Learned counsel for respondent No.1 endorses the submission that is made by learned counsel for the petitioners. However, learned counsel for respondent No.2 states that the child aged around 3 years should go to school from Monday to Friday and thereafter as per the orders of this Court in Writ Petition No. 10950/2025 dated 26.04.2025 should be taken to the child visitation room situated at Bangalore Mediation Centre, Bangalore on 1st, 2nd and 3rd saturdays for the father to visit the child and thus in case again visitation is given to the great grandparents, the child will be put to huge stress and suffering. 5. This Court through the common order in WP No. 10950/2025 and WP No. 12768/2025 dated 26.04.2025 permitted the grandparents of the child and the paternal aunt of the child to visit the child on any one Saturday from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month. To meet the ends of justice - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:2952 WP No. 1280 of 2026 and to facilitate the petitioners also to see the child, this Court is of the view that, permission can be accorded to the petitioners herein to visit the child on any one such Saturday that is 1st, 2nd and 3rd Saturdays of the month either during the visit of grandparents and the paternal aunt of the child or in any other of those three Saturdays. Therefore, the writ petition is disposed of with the following:- ORDER i. The writ petition is allowed in part. ii. Permission is accorded to the petitioners who are the great grandparents of the child to visit the child on any one saturday from first, second and third Saturdays of the month at the time when the father was given liberty to exercise the visitation rights and at the same place. Sd/- (DR.CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA) JUDGE VS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 44