Unwed mother can claim guardianship of her child without disclosing name of father: Supreme Court

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New Delhi, 06 Jul 2015: An unwed mother has not to reveal name of father of her child for claiming guardianship of the child, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled.

 

A bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen held that consent of father is also not required while deciding guardianship of the child if the mother does not wish to disclose the parentage of the child.

 

The Supreme Court set aside order of trial court and Delhi high court directing an unwed mother, who filed guardianship petition for her Child, to disclose father’s name to get his consent.

 

The court said that welfare of child should be of paramount importance while deciding such issues and the court should not insist for name of father if a lady does not want to disclose it.