SC rejects SLPs of IAS officer

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, July 19. The Supreme Court has dismissed, at the admission stage, two special leave petitions (SLPs) filed by Mr. K. Suresh Kumar, an IAS officer, against the orders of the Kerala High Court directing him to produce his two children in the court for being handed over to his estranged wife.

A three-judge Bench comprising the Chief Justice, Dr. A.S. Anand, Mr. Justice R.C. Lahoti and Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, dismissed the petitions on Wednesday during mention time, observing that the SLPs were misconceived. The High Court had earlier directed Mr. Suresh, managing director of the Kerala Agricultural Development Cooperative Bank, to produce the children in the court on July 9 and then on July 12. Instead of complying with the direction, he rushed to New Delhi to file the SLPs in the apex court.

Taking a serious view of the non-compliance of the earlier orders, a Division Bench of the High Court issued an arrest warrant on July 17 against Mr. Suresh Kumar, husband of Ms. Sangeetha Lakshmana, a lawyer and daughter of the former IG, Mr. K. Lakshmana, to ensure his presence along with their two children before the Bench.

In her petition, Ms. Sangeetha had alleged that Mr. Suresh was keeping custody of the children despite the court orders directing him to hand over the children to her.

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