New Delhi, July 06 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday has ruled out that unmarried mothers can have legal guardianship of their children without father’s consent. The apex court bench headed by Justice Vikramajit Sen gave the order while recalling the earlier order of a guardianship court and asking it to re-examine the plea by the unwed mother seeking guardianship of the child without issuing notice to the father. The court order came on a petition by a woman who is a gazetted officer in the government. She had challenged the procedural necessity of disclosing the identity of the father and issuing notice to him on a plea seeking sole guardianship of the child by the unwed mother. The mother had contended that the man stayed with her barely for two months and did not even know the existence of the child. Petitioner Indu Malhotra said that a lot of women will be benefited from this judgement, especially surrogates, sex workers and unmarried mothers who did not have legal guardianship of their children. She added that the judgement will have far reaching implications.
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