Try to amicably resolve issues over children: HC to Siddiqui, his estranged wife

The Bombay High Court on Friday suggested to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and his estranged wife to try to amicably resolve their differences pertaining to their two minor childrenNawazuddin Siddiqui has moved HC with a habeas corpus produce the person petition seeking direction to his estranged wife Zainab to reveal the whereabouts of their children a 12yearold daughter and a 7yearold sonA division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and P D Naik asked the actor and his wife to speak and try to resolve their differences over the childrenHe Siddiqui is only concerned about his children and their education Speak with each other and settle the communication and visitation rights between the father and children If it can be worked out then goodsettle the matter amicablyresolve the issues the court saidAdvocate Pradeep Thorat appearing for Siddiqui told the court that the actor was unaware of the whereabouts of his childrenAlso Read Nawazuddin Siddiqui abandoned me in Dubai Irsquove no food money alleges 20yearold house helpThe petitioner Siddiqui thought his children are in Dubai But he has now got a mail from the childrens school warning to rusticate them as they have not been attending their classes Thorat saidHe added that the actors estranged wife had in November 2022 come to India from Dubai without the children The woman and her children are permanent residents of Dubai he saidThe bench sought to know from Zainabs lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee about the whereabouts of the childrenRizwan Siddiquee told the court that the children are with their biological mother and do not wish to leave her and go back to DubaiBoth the children want to be in India with their mother They want to continue their education here The respondent estranged wife is looking at all the options he saidThe bench then asked the wife to inform the court by next week what has been decided with regard to the childrens educationWe only want to know that their education is not getting disturbed He Siddiqui is concerned about the whereabouts of the children and schooling the court saidThe children are with their biological mother so that is settled the bench said adding it would now want to know about their schoolingThe bench posted the matter for further hearing on March 3Last month the Versova police had booked Zainab for alleged trespass and voluntarily causing hurt on a complaint of the actors mother Mehrunisa Siddiqui She had alleged Zainab trespassed into her home and assaulted her after picking up an argumentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever