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In which of the following cases the Supreme Court has decided that mother can be a natural guardian of…

In "Gita Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India" (1999) the Supreme Court read the word 'after' in Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 to mean 'in the…

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In which of the following cases the Supreme Court has decided that mother can be a natural guardian of minor legitimate child during the lifetime of the father of the child ?

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In "Gita Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India" (1999) the Supreme Court read the word 'after' in Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 to mean 'in the absence of' rather than 'after the lifetime of', so that the mother can act as natural guardian of a minor legitimate child during the father's lifetime where the father is absent, indifferent or otherwise incapable, thereby saving the provision from invalidity under Articles 14 and 15.

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