00:00The Court of Appeal has deferred its decision in M. Indira Gandhi's 100 million ringgit
00:07lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police, IGP, and three others over alleged inaction
00:13in locating her ex-husband, Kay Pathmanathan, who abducted their daughter Prasanna Diksa
00:18in 2009. Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan, leading a three-judge panel, said more time was needed
00:25to review submissions due to the complexity of the case. The Court will hold case management
00:31on August 25 to fix a decision date. Justices Faiza Jamaluddin and Mohamed Radzi Abdulhamid
00:39also sat on the bench. Indira's lawyer, Rajesh Nagarajan, argued that Pathmanathan has ignored
00:46a High Court mandamus order to return Prasanna and questioned police inaction despite records
00:52showing he owned vehicles in Malaysia and paid traffic summons in 2020. Senior Federal Counsel
00:59Noor Esdiani Roleb maintained police had complied with the order, citing public appeals and Pathmanathan's
01:07inclusion on the wanted list. She argued the duty of care principle did not apply as Indira was not
01:14in police custody. Indira is appealing a High Court ruling from June 2023 that dismissed her suit,
01:21finding police had used all available resources. She filed the suit in October 2020, claiming the IGP
01:29deliberately disregarded the Federal Court's 2016 order, failing to take appropriate action to return
01:37Prasanna Diksa. She asserts that the defendant's actions have caused her prolonged separation from
01:43her daughter. Pathmanathan, also known as Mohamed Ridwan, unilaterally converted the couple's three
01:49children to Islam in 2009. The Apex Court ruled in 2018 that the unilateral conversion was null and void,
01:57and the Ipoh High Court granted full custody to Indira in 2010. Two of her children were returned in
02:042010, but Prasanna, now 17, remains missing.
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