Supreme Court · 2022 INSC 759 · Decided 28 July 2022
MRS. Akella Lalitha v. Sri Konda Hanumantha Rao & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2022 INSC 759 · [2022] 6 S.C.R. 790
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6325/2015
- Decided
- 28 July 2022
- Bench
- DINESH MAHESHWARI, KRISHNA MURARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Family Law - Surname of child - Dispute between Appellant- mother and respondent-grandparents, (parents of deceased father of the child) with regard to surname given to the child - Whether Appellant-mother, who is the only natural/legal guardian of the child the biological father can decide the surname of the child - Can she give him the surname of her second husband whom she remarried after the death of her first husband and can she give the child for adoption to her husband - Held: Appellant- mother being the only natural guardian of
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