Supreme Court - Daily OrdersViktoriia Basu vs The State Of West Bengal on 16 May, 20231\n\n     ITEM NO.11                          COURT NO.7                 SECTION X\n\n                              S U P R E M E C O U R T O F     I N D I A\n                                      RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS\n\n                               Writ Petition(Criminal)   No.129/2023\n\n     VIKTORIIA BASU                                                 Petitioner(s)\n\n                                               VERSUS\n\n     THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL & ORS.                                Respondent(s)\n\n     (FOR ADMISSION and IA No.63317/2023­EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)\n\n     Date : 16­05­2023 This Writ Petition was called on for hearing\n     today.\n\n     CORAM :\n                         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT\n                         HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.T. RAVIKUMAR\n\n     For Petitioner(s)\n                                  Mr. D. Seshadri Naidu, Sr. Adv.\n                                  Mr. B. Shravanth Shanker, AOR\n                                  Ms. Monalisa Kosaria, Adv.\n                                  Mr. Rohit Bhardwaj, Adv.\n                                  Mr. B Yeshwanth Raj, Adv.\n     For Respondent(s)\n                                  Ms. Astha Sharma, AOR\n                                  Mr. Sanjeev Kaushik, Adv.\n                                  Ms. Muskan Surana, Adv.\n\n                                  Mr. P.V. Surendernath, Sr. Adv.\n                                  Mr. Subhasish Bhowmick, AOR\n                                  Ms. Manisha Pandey, Adv.\n                                  Mr. Rahul Kushwaha, Adv.\n                                  Mr. John Thomas Arakal, Adv.\n                                  Mr. Harsh Gupta, Adv.\n                                  Ms. Mani Mala Roy, Adv.\n                                  Mr. H.k Naik, Adv.\n                                  Ms. Tanvi Singh, Adv.\n\nSignature Not Verified\n                                  Ms. Swarupama Chaturvedi, Adv.\nDigitally signed by\nVISHAL ANAND\n                                  Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv.\nDate: 2023.05.16\n17:09:15 IST\nReason:\n                                  Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.\n                                  Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR\n                                        2\n\n            UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following\n                               O R D E R1.   In continuation of order dated 18­04­2023, we are informed\nthat:­(i) the mediation is still going on. The parties as well as\n     their respective learned Senior counsel undertake to extend\n     full cooperation to the learned Senior Mediator;(ii) the tourist visa of the petitioner is due to expire on\n     07­07­2023. It is stated that the petitioner has applied for\n     conversion visa for which she requires documents and consent\n     of Respondent No.2 (husband). Respondent No.2 has given his\n     consent but he is required to assign a reason in support of\n     conversion visa. The need of the child itself is a valid and\n     justified reason to seek conversion of tourist visa to stay\n     visa   to   the   petitioner.   Respondent     No.2   may,   therefore,\n     resubmit the necessary documents to the Ministry of External\n     Affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs shall consider the\n     request of the petitioner for conversion of the tourist visa\n     to stay visa sympathetically, keeping in view the peculiar\n     facts and circumstances of this case;(iii) the petitioner and Respondent No.2 shall be at liberty\n     to   decide   mutually   and    shift   from   Bengal   Bhawan   (Banga\n     Bhawan) to any private accommodation;(iv) in case they are unable to find out a suitable private\n     accommodation, they shall continue to stay in Bengal Bhawan\n     (Banga Bhawan) along with the child as per the directions\n     contained in order dated 18­04­2023;(v) Respondent No.2 is directed to immediately allow the\n     child to stay in the night with the petitioner (mother).2.   Post the matter for hearing on 10­07­2023.(VISHAL ANAND)                                             (PREETHI T.C.)\nASTT. REGISTRAR­cum­PS                                     COURT MASTER (NSH)