Guardian and Wards Act, 1890

The case concerned custody of a minor female child whose mother died at birth. The child had been raised by her maternal grandmother (the appellant) since infancy, while the father (the respondent) sought custody as the natural guardian under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890. The Family Court and the High Court had bot…

The petitioners, a mother and father, applied to the Reserve Bank of India for relief bonds in their minor son's name, with the mother signing as guardian. RBI rejected the application, insisting on the father's signature or a guardianship certificate, relying on Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act,…

Arathi Sandi and Sandi Jagadrakshaka Rao, a married couple residing in the United States, fought a divorce and child‑custody dispute. The US Superior Court initially granted primary custody of their US‑citizen son to the mother, later modifying the order to make the father the custodial parent and issuing a writ of hab…

The mother, Ruchi Majoo, filed a petition under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 seeking interim custody of her 11‑year‑old son who had been residing in Delhi for three years, while the father, Sanjeev Majoo, contested jurisdiction, claiming the child’s ordinary residence was in the United States and invoking the prin…

Sheoli Hati (mother) and Somnath Das (father) were divorced and disputed the custody and education of their daughter Aditi. The father, having given up his claim to custody, sought a direction that the child be admitted to a reputed boarding school at his expense, while the mother opposed this and preferred schooling i…

The case concerned the guardianship of two minor children of Colonel Ramneesh Pal Singh and Sugandhi Aggarwal. The Family Court had awarded permanent custody to the father with visitation rights to the mother, but the Delhi High Court set aside that order and ordered shared custody. The Supreme Court examined the welfa…

The parties were married in 1992 and had two daughters. They obtained a decree of divorce by mutual consent in 2003, expressly agreeing that the husband would have sole custody of the children and the wife would forego visitation rights. The wife later challenged the decree on grounds of fraud and also sought custody/v…

The father of two minor Muslim children (a 13‑year‑old girl and a 5‑year‑old boy) sought guardianship and interim custody after the mother’s death and his subsequent remarriage. The children’s maternal grandfather, aunt and uncles applied under Sections 7, 9 and 17 of the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 for appointment as…

The mother, Dhanwati Joshi, had been granted permanent custody of her son by the Bombay High Court in 1986 and by an ex‑parte order under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 in 1987. The father, Madhav Unde, later obtained custody in a US court and subsequently filed a fresh petition in the Indian Family Court in 1993 see…