IMPORTANTS SUPREME COURT

JUDGMENTS ON GUARDIAN AND WARDS

ACT, 1890
List of Judgements

Rohith Thammana Gowda Vs. State of Karnataka & Ors.

Judgement Date : july/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 593 SC

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Rajeswari Chandrasekar Ganesh Vs. State of Tamil Nadu & Ors.

Judgement Date : july/2022, Citation : 2022 Latest Caselaw 566 SC

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Aman Lohia Vs. Kiran Lohia

Judgement Date : march/2021, Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 148 SC

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SMRITI MADAN KANSAGRA vs. PERRY KANSAGRA

Judgement Date : october/2020, Citation : 2020 Latest Caselaw 578 SC

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JASMEET KAUR vs. STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Judgement Date : december/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 1250 SC
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Lahari Sakhamuri Vs. Sobhan Kodali

Judgement Date : march/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 291 SC

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Murugan Vs. Kesava Gounder (D) through LRS.

Judgement Date : february/2019, Citation : 2019 Latest Caselaw 174 SC

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Santhini Vs. Vijaya Venketesh [October 09, 2017]

Judgement Date : october/2017, Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 733 SC

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Suzanne Farisha Syiem Dutt Vs. Sabyasachi Dutt [August 01, 2016]

Judgement Date : august/2016, Citation : 2016 Latest Caselaw 533 SC

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ABC Vs. The State (NCT of Delhi) [July 06, 2015]

Judgement Date : july/2015, Citation : 2015 Latest Caselaw 439 SC

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 Stephanie Joan Becker Vs. State and Ors. [february 08, 2013]

Judgement Date : february/2013, Citation : 2013 Latest Caselaw 117 SC

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Gaytri Bajaj Vs. Jiten Bhalla [October 05, 2012]

Judgement Date : october/2012, Citation : 2012 Latest Caselaw 575 SC

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Deepti Bhandari Vs. Nitin Bhandari & ANR.

Judgement Date : december/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 909 SC

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Inderjit Singh Grewal Vs. State of Punjab & ANR.

Judgement Date : august/2011, Citation : 2011 Latest Caselaw 633 SC

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Nil Ratan Kundu & ANR. Vs. Abhijit Kundu [2008] INSC 1334 (8 August 2008)

Judgement Date : august/2008, Citation : 2008 Latest Caselaw 697 SC

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Sheila B. Das Vs. P.R. Sugasree [2006] Insc 83 (17 February 2006)

Judgement Date : february/2006, Citation : 2006 Latest Caselaw 83 SC

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 St. Theresa's Tender Loving Care Home & Ors Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh [2005] Insc 585 (24 October
2005)

Judgement Date : october/2005, Citation : 2005 Latest Caselaw 582 SC

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Smt. Anokha Vs. The State of Rajasthan & Ors [2003] INSC 616 (8 December 2003)

Judgement Date : december/2003, Citation : 2003 Latest Caselaw 608 SC

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Jai Prakash Khadria Vs. Shyam Sunder Agarwalla & ANR [2000] INSC 333 (12 May 2000)

Judgement Date : may/2000, Citation : 2000 Latest Caselaw 330 SC

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Divya Dip Singh & Ors Vs. Ram Bachan Mishra & Ors [1996] INSC 1315 (24 October 1996)

Judgement Date : october/1996, Citation : 1996 Latest Caselaw 868 SC

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Sumanlal Chhotalal Kamdar Vs. Miss Asha Trilokbhai Shah [1995] INSC 267 (9 May 1995)

Judgement Date : may/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 263 SC

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Mahboob Sahab Vs. Syed Ismail & Ors [1995] INSC 191 (23 March 1995)
Judgement Date : march/1995, Citation : 1995 Latest Caselaw 188 SC
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Usha K. Pillai Vs. Raj. K. Srinivas & Ors [1993] INSC 249 (30 April 1993)

Judgement Date : april/1993, Citation : 1993 Latest Caselaw 245 SC

Headnote :
The daughter of the appellant was married to the respondent and a girt child was born out of the wed-
lock. The couple went to the U.S.A. alongwith the child, but the latter was sent back on her mother's
behests. While the child was in the custody of the appellant the mother also came back, and c...

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Lakshmi Kant Pandey Vs. Union of India [1984] INSC25 (6 February 1984)

Judgement Date : february/1984, Citation : 1984 Latest Caselaw 25 SC

Headnote :
The petitioner, an advocate of the Supreme Court addressed a letter in public interest to the Court,
complaining of malpractices indulged in by social organisation and voluntary agencies engaged in the
work of offering Indian Children in adoption to foreign parents, the petitioner alleged that not o...

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Thrity Hoshie Dolikuka Vs. Hoshiam Shavaksha Dolikuka B [1982] INSC 60 (4 August 1982)

Judgement Date : august/1982, Citation : 1982 Latest Caselaw 60 SC

Headnote :
The appellant and the respondent belong to the Parsi community and they were married in Bombay on the
27th December 1960 according to the rights and ceremonies of the Zoroastrian religion and custom. A
son was born to them on the 6th of May, 1965 and a daughter on the 18th April, 1971, whose name is...

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 Rosy Jacob Vs. Jacob A. Chakramakkal [1973] INSC 74 (5 April 1973)

Judgement Date : april/1973, Citation : 1973 Latest Caselaw 74 SC

Headnote :
On the wife's application, judicial separation was granted under the Indian Divorce Act by the single Judge
of the High Court. The custody of the eldest son was maintained with the husband while that of the
daughter and the youngest son was given to the wife. In the Letters Patent Appeal preferr...

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Mussamiya Imam Halder Bax Razvi Vs. Rabari Govindhai Ratnabhai & Ors [1968] INSC 202 (21 August
1968)

Judgement Date : august/1968, Citation : 1968 Latest Caselaw 202 SC

Headnote :
The appellant succeeded to the estate consisting of the suit lands when he was a minor. The State
Government assumed management of the estate under the Bombay Court of Wards Act, 1905 and
appointed the Collector as the manager of the estate. While the estate was under the management of the
Court of...

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Gulab Rai & ANR Vs. Puniya [1965] INSC 201 (7 October 1965)

Judgement Date : october/1965, Citation : 1965 Latest Caselaw 201 SC

Headnote :
The respondent's application under s. 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act for the custody of respondent's
daughter was rejected by the Civil Judge. When the decision was reversed in appeal by a single Judge of
the Rajasthan High Court, the appellants preferred an appeal to the Division Bench u...

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Karanpura Development Co., Ltd. Vs. Raja Kamakshya Narain Singh [1956] INSC 25 (10 April 1956)
 Judgement Date : april/1956, Citation : 1956 Latest Caselaw 25 SC
Headnote :
Section 18 of the Court of Wards Act, 1879, provides that the Court of Wards "may sanction the giving of
leases or farms of the whole or part of any property under its charge, and may direct the mortgage or sale
of any part of such property, and may direct the doing of all such other acts as it...

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