A man has been appointed as the guardian of his four minor maternal grandchildren by a Delhi court on the ground that they have already been residing with him after their father died in 2008 and mother went missing.
Additional District Judge Sunil Rana allowed the plea of the man who had moved the court seeking his appointment as the guardian of four minors, saying they were residing with him and had no other near relatives with whom they could live.
The man had told the court that father of the minors had died in August 2008 and their mother had left the home without any reason and her missing report was lodged in a police station in Delhi.
‘In the instant case, the petitioner has proved on record that the father of the minors had expired on August 20, 2008 and the whereabouts of mother...is not known and missing report was lodged with the police station Mangol Puri, and minor children are in his permanent care and custody and is looking after their welfare being grandfather.
‘The petitioner is hereby appointed as guardian of person and property of the minors...being their maternal grandfather,’ the court said.
Additional District Judge Sunil Rana allowed the plea of the man who had moved the court seeking his appointment as the guardian of four minors, saying they were residing with him and had no other near relatives with whom they could live.
The man had told the court that father of the minors had died in August 2008 and their mother had left the home without any reason and her missing report was lodged in a police station in Delhi.
‘In the instant case, the petitioner has proved on record that the father of the minors had expired on August 20, 2008 and the whereabouts of mother...is not known and missing report was lodged with the police station Mangol Puri, and minor children are in his permanent care and custody and is looking after their welfare being grandfather.
‘The petitioner is hereby appointed as guardian of person and property of the minors...being their maternal grandfather,’ the court said.