Landmark case · Family Law – I (Hindu Law) · Semester 1

Githa Hariharan v. Reserve Bank of India

(1999) 2 SCC 228 · Supreme Court of India

'After' in s. 6 HMGA means 'in the absence of', so the mother can be a natural guardian during the father's lifetime.

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Related sections:

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, 18–22 — Maintenance of wife, widowed daughter-in-law, children and dependants
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956, 6 — Natural guardians of a Hindu minor