In an unusual move to ensure that a 14-year-old girl is kept safe from her biological mother, a Bombay High Court lawyer has agreed to let the child stay at her house and will bear all her expenses until the case is decided. The police have been directed to provide necessary protection to the child. Advocate Kalpana Merchant, who is known to the child's guardians (who have brought her up from infancy), has said she will make all arrangements to ensure the child's safety.

Advocate Mikhail Dey, who has been monitoring the development in court, said, "It is a rare case brought before the court, wherein there is a direct threat to the child from her biological mother."