MEN CELL DELHI : WHAT TO DO IF GRANDPARENTS ARE RESTRICTED FROM MEETING THE GRAND CHILDREN BY THE DAUGHTER IN LAW

CAW CELL DELHI | MenCell.Org Delhi: बहू से विवाद के बाद दादा-दादी को पोती से मिलने से रोका जाए तो क्या होगा?

Matrimonial disputes do not always end with a CAW Cell Delhi complaint, matrimonial FIR or 498A/406 case. Sometimes the next painful battle is about the child itself — especially when the husband/father dies and the relationship between the widow and the paternal family completely breaks down.

A recent Delhi High Court matter shows why families should not ignore this issue for years.

In Reetika v. Rajinder Kumar Jindal & Anr., MAT.APP.(F.C.) 394/2025, decided on 7 November 2025, the respondents were the grandparents of a girl born in 2008. Her biological father, Puneet Jindal, died in 2012. The mother had subsequently remarried.

The grandparents had approached the Family Court seeking guardianship/custody of their granddaughter. The Family Court did not give them custody or guardianship. But considering the particular circumstances, it permitted them one limited meeting with the 17-year-old granddaughter — for two and a half hours at a Delhi restaurant.

यहाँ सबसे important point यही है — custody और meeting rights एक ही चीज नहीं हैं।

The Delhi High Court noted that the grandparents had not seen the girl for more than 12 years. The record also contained an earlier interaction in which the child was unwilling to meet them. Nevertheless, the High Court found no reason to interfere with the Family Court’s limited direction permitting one carefully controlled meeting.

For a family already facing a matrimonial dispute in Delhi NCR, this becomes an important practical question:

क्या पति-पत्नी के dispute का असर grandparents और child के relationship पर भी पड़ सकता है?

The answer cannot be given through a blanket formula. Courts examine the welfare and best interests of the child, the age and maturity of the child, the surrounding family circumstances and the nature of the relief actually being requested.

There was another important financial aspect in this case. The Family Court had directed that ₹52 lakh belonging to the minor child be secured through FDRs. The High Court did not interfere with that protective direction and also recorded an undertaking concerning an additional ₹14 lakh contribution towards the granddaughter’s future welfare.

So if a matrimonial dispute has reached the stage where in-laws, grandparents and children are completely cut off from each other, simply waiting for years may not always be a sensible strategy.

CAW Cell Delhi / CAW Cell Nanakpura / Crime (Women) Cell proceedings are only one part of the larger matrimonial-law picture. Depending upon the facts, there may also be Family Court, guardianship, custody, visitation, property or child-welfare issues running alongside the matrimonial dispute.

और एक practical बात — हर family dispute को सिर्फ “498A का case” समझकर देखना सही नहीं होता। कभी-कभी सबसे important issue criminal case नहीं, बल्कि child-related rights, documents, financial protection or family access बन जाता है.

Through MenCell.Org, built over nearly two decades, I use judicial activism, RTI activism and other lawful methods where appropriate to examine procedural problems and develop a practical case strategy for husbands and families facing matrimonial disputes, CAW Cell matters and related proceedings.

If your family is already facing CAW CELL DELHI, matrimonial complaint, matrimonial proceedings, in-law disputes, child-access problems or Delhi NCR family litigation, do not wait until the child grows up or the family record becomes difficult to reconstruct.

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Case-specific caution: The Delhi High Court decision in Reetika v. Rajinder Kumar Jindal turned on its own factual circumstances, including the child’s age, the long period of separation from the grandparents, the earlier proceedings and the limited nature of the visitation granted. It does not mean that every grandparent, parent or matrimonial dispute will result in the same visitation arrangement or outcome. The appropriate remedy depends upon the facts, existing orders and the welfare of the particular child.