Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Appointment of guardian - An unwed mother can be appointed as guardian of minor child without issuing notice to putative father...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - If a single parent/unwed mother applies for issuance of Birth Certificate for a child born from her womb, Authorities concerned may only require her to furnish an affidavit to this effect and must there upon issue Birth Certificate unless there is a Court direction to contrary...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - Issuance of Birth Certificate is necessary to an unwed mother succeeding in her guardianship petition - It is no longer necessary to state the name of father in applications seeking admission to children to school as well as for obtaining a passport for a minor child...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - Where one of the parents petitions the Court for appointment as guardian of her child, Provision of S.11 of Act would not be directly applicable - As views of an uninvolved father are not essential to protect the interest of a child born out of wedlock and being raised solely by his/her mother - S.11 of Act..........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - Where one of the spouses unilaterally seeking custody of child behind the back of other spouse, sole factor for consideration is the welfare of minor child, regardless of the rights of parents...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - Term `parent' is not defined in Act - In case of illegitimate children whose sole care giver is one of his/her parents to principally mean that parent alone...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Question as to guardianship - Guardianship or custody orders never attain permanence or finality, therefore, an uninvolved parent is not precluded from approaching the Guardian Court to quash, vary or modify its orders if the child's welfare is in peril...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 7, 11, 19 -- Guardianship - A child has a right to know the identity of his or her parent - This right has now found recognition in Convention to the rights of child in which India has acceded to it - Instantly, mother of child disclosed the name of father and some particulars - These particulars have been placed in an envelope and..........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 9 -- Ordinary place of residence - If minor ordinarily resides at a place of his care and custody, which is not illegal or sans law, ordinary place of residence would be where he is already residing...........
Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, Section 9 -- S.9(1) of Act does not speak of `would have resided' and `should have resided' as it only deals with ordinary place of residence...........
