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International Family Law|Telangana High Court|Santoshi Pattern V. Vijay Kumar Gurramkonda|Wife Contends OCI Status + US Citizenship precludes Indian Court Jurisdiction in Divorce & Child Custody
A wife claimed that her NRI status and U.S. citizenship stripped Indian courts of jurisdiction over the couple’s divorce and custody dispute. The Telangana High Court rejected this argument, reaffirming that foreign citizenship cannot be used to block Indian matrimonial proceedings when the couple last resided together in India.
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