India, Feb. 20 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the stand of lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai on a plea by TMC MP Mahua Moitra challenging a district court order refusing to grant her shared custody of pet Rottweiler called Henry.

Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued a notice to Moitra's former partner on her appeal and asked him to file his response. Dehadrai said Moitra's case should be dismissed at this stage itself.

In her appeal in the High Court, the TMC leader said that in the interim order passed in November 2025, the district court failed to consider that Henry was given to her as her pet and he usually resided with her at her residence.

It said the district court's order deprived her of the love and affection of a pet she raise...