A Kenyan father who won a custody battle at the Indian Supreme Court risks losing his son after a Kenyan court declined to register the judgment. Family Division Judge M. Thande ruled that India has no reciprocal arrangements for registering judgments with the Kenyan government. Justice Thande further noted that even if India was a reciprocating country the court would not register a child custody order according to Kenyan laws. “This Court has no jurisdiction to enforce or register a foreign judgment in proceedings in connection with the custody or guardianship of a child,” the court ruled. She was ordered by the court to hand over the child to PK on condition that he files a mirror order from Kenya at the Indian Supreme Court.

Source: The Star May 25, 2021 08:14 UTC