P (A Child) (Abduction: Inherent Jurisdiction) EWCA Civ 1171

The case concerned P, a boy aged 4. His parents are Indian citizens. Although both sets of grandparents live in Gujarat, neither parent currently lives in India. F’s father (“F”) became a US citizen following a previous marriage and is an Overseas Indian Citizen, so can enter India without a visa. P’s mother (“M”) lives in the United States, although entered the country in 2015 without a visa and has an outstanding asylum application. The parties met in 2015 and P was born in 2016. He is a US citizen.