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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | House panel bats for equality in guardianship -Jagriti Chandra

House panel bats for equality in guardianship -Jagriti Chandra

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published Published on Aug 8, 2022   modified Modified on Aug 9, 2022

-The Hindu

‘Act gives preference to father over mother’

A mother and father should have equal rights as guardians of their children and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (HMGA), 1956 should be amended as it discriminates against women, a parliamentary panel has recommended in its report.

"The said Act does not provide for joint guardianship nor does it recognise the mother as the guardian of the minor legitimate child unless the father is deceased or is found unfit. The Act gives preference to father over mother, it goes against the right to equality and right against discrimination envisaged under Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution. The committee feels that there is an urgent need to amend the HMGA and accord equal treatment to both mother and father as natural guardians," says the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, which tabled its report on Monday on 'Review of Guardianship and Adoption Laws'.

Section 6 of the HMGA lays down that in the case of a Hindu minor boy and a Hindu minor unmarried girl, the father is the natural guardian and ‘after’ him the mother. Section 7 of the same Act provides that the natural guardianship of an adopted son, who is a minor, passes on adoption to the adopted father and ‘after’ him to the adoptive mother.

Marital disputes

The parliamentary panel has also called for a relook at child custody in case of marital disputes and suggested empowering courts to award joint custody to both parents when conducive for the welfare of the child, or award sole custody to one parent with visitation rights to the other.

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The Hindu, 8 August, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/house-panel-bats-for-equality-in-guardianship/article65747574.ece?homepage=true


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