https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40230 Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 and section 19(b) of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 were construed to allow the mother to act as natural guardian during the father's lifetime where the father is absent in the relevant sense, indifferent, incapacitated, or otherwise not in actual charge of the minor. The welfare of the minor was treated as paramount, and a literal reading confining the mother's role to the father's death was rejected. The word "after" was read as "in the absence of" the father, preserving the provisions consistently with constitutional equality and avoiding invalidity. en-us Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 11:47:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40230 Section 6(a) of the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 and section 19(b) of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 were construed to allow the mother to act as natural guardian during the father's lifetime where the father is absent in the relevant sense, indifferent, incapacitated, or otherwise not in actual charge of the minor. The welfare of the minor was treated as paramount, and a literal reading confining the mother's role to the father's death was rejected. The word "after" was read as "in the absence of" the father, preserving the provisions consistently with constitutional equality and avoiding invalidity. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40230