Supreme Court · 1999 INSC 66 · Decided 17 February 1999
Githa Hariharan and Anr . v. Reserve Bank of India and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1999 INSC 66 · [1999] 1 S.C.R. 669
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 489/1995
- Decided
- 17 February 1999
- Bench
- A.S. ANAND, M. SRINIVASAN, U.C. BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 51
Headnote
HARIHARAN AND ANR .. A v. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA AND ANR. FEBRUARY 17, 1999 [DR. A.S. ANAND, C.J., M. SRINIVASAN AND B UMESH C. BANERJEE, JJ.) Hindu Law: Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 : c Section 6(a)-l'rovided that mother had the right to become a natural guardian of a minor only in the name of the minor-Mother, in agreement with the father, signed the application as D the guardian of the minor-But RBI refused to accept the application on the ground that the mother, during the lifetime of the f other, was not the natural guardian of the mother-Held, legislature is
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