Harshani and Darnith

In the matter of Harshani and Darnith, Johns J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application by the father concerning his child. The dispute involved the father seeking to obtain a passport for the child and to travel internationally with the child, while also addressing a prior application filed by the father.

The court was required to determine whether to grant the father leave to file a further application seeking orders for the mother to sign documents for the child's passport and for the father to travel with the child to specified countries during the upcoming summer holiday period. Additionally, the court had to consider the dismissal of the father's earlier application filed on 21 September 2018.

Johns J granted the father leave to file the new application, indicating a willingness to consider the substantive issues of passport issuance and international travel. However, the court dismissed the father's earlier application, suggesting that it was either superseded by the new application or found to be without merit. The orders were contingent on their formal entry into the court's records.