Abhiyaan: An unwed mother can be a sole legal guardian of her child, judgment by Supreme Court

An unwed mother can be named as the sole legal guardian of her child without the nod of the father, reigned the Supreme Court in a historical judgment on Monday. It is not necessary for the mother to unveil the identity of the father and add him as a party to the guardianship petition in certain cases, held the Apex Court. SC verdict would lend a hand to the countless single mothers who face several challenges while dealing with the day to day situations as a single parent. As per the bench headed by Justice Vikramjit Sen, in the best interest of the child, demands to kill the procedural necessity of issuing a notice to the father when a guardianship petition is proposed.

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