Case of Gita Hariharan V. R.B.I. (1999) relates to

In Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India (AIR 1999 SC 1149), the Supreme Court interpreted the word 'after' in Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 ('the father, and after him, the mother') to mean 'in the absence of' rather than 'after the lifetime of', holding that the mother can act as the natural guardian even during the father's lifetime.