1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2884 OF 2010 IN FIRST APPEAL NO. 1028 OF 2010 Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders Court's or Judge's orders. Mr Hakim Salim A.R., for the applicant. Ms P.M.Bhansali, for the respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE,J. DATE : 20/12/2010. PC: The applicant-father has filed this civil application seeking custody of the child Reeba and in the alternative reasonable overnight access on Saturdays and Sundays and in the vacations. I have heard learned counsel for the parties for quite some time and on the last occasion interviewed the parties including the child in my chamber. I found, the child was confortable in the company of the applicant and his mother. Learned cousnel for the parties have T 2 fairly stated that I need not record reasons for disposing of the civil application and have agreed for the following order: The weekly access, as provided for by the impugned order dated 7.7.2010, will continue. On every 3rd Saturday of the month, the applicant is allowed to take the child in the morning between 8 am and 10 am and deliver her to the respondent-mother on Sunday between 5 pm and 7 pm. In the ensuing vacation of Christmus, the applicant is allowed to take the child on 27th morning between 8 am and 10 am and deliver to the respondent-mother on 29th evening between 5 pm and 7 pm. During this period the respondent - mother is allowed to talk to the child whenever she desires on telephone. Parties are directed to exchange their telephone numbers before the child is taken by the applicant for overnight access. 3 Liberty to the applicant to apply for vacation access one month in advance before every vacation till the disposal of the appeal. The applicant-father will deposit his passport so also the passport of the child Reeba in this court with the Registrar (Jud.) before he avails the access as per this order. The passports of both will remain with the Registrar (Judicial) till disposal of the First Appeal. However, it is open to the applicant-father to apply for return of his passport to this court as and when required. The passport of the child Reeba will remain in the custody of the Registrar (Jud) till disposal of the appeal. Since the applicant-husbnad has expressed some apprehension regarding threat to the life, it is open for him to approach the concerned police station for police escort at the time of availing access at his own expenses. During overnight excess the applicant is not allowed to take the child out of the 4 jurisdiction of Mumbai, Thane and Pune Districts without permission of his court. The civil application is disposed of. (D.B.BHOSALE,J.)