Debate repatriation of Indian kids removed from parents, ex-judges urge G20 members

NEW DELHI: Some of India's distinguished retired judges, including four former Supreme Court judges and two former HC chief justices, have written to the G20 members urging them to initiate a discussion in the forum for the repatriation of Indian children in foreign countries who have been removed from their parents by child protection agencies, reports Ambika Pandit.
In their letter, the judges ask for a compassionate solution in the form of repatriation of Indian children removed from their parents in western Europe, UK, North America, Australia and New Zealand. The signatories include Justice Ruma Pal, Justice Vikramajit Sen, Justice A K Sikri and Justice Deepak Gupta, formerly of the Supreme Court of India; Justice AP Shah, who was chief justice of the Delhi HC and Justice S Muralidhar who was chief justice of the Odisha HC. The letter includes a discussion of the international conventions under which children have a right of return to their country of origin, and a right to preservation of their nationality, identity, religion.