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SECTION I
Q.1) Answer any six in two sentences, any 6 of 10 12 Marks
1.What is Guardianship of a Minor under Muslim law?[2]
Answer
Guardianship of a minor under Muslim law means the authority and duty to look after a minor's person, property or marriage.
Three kinds by subject.
- Guardianship of the person. The right to have the child's custody and upbringing is hizanat. It belongs to the mother in the early years: usually a son until about seven and a daughter until puberty, though authorities differ.
- Guardianship of property. The father is the legal guardian. After his death, under Sunni law, his executor is. The mother is not a legal guardian of property.
- Guardianship in marriage (jabr). The father, then the paternal grandfather, may contract a minor's marriage. The minor is protected by the option of puberty.
Kinds by source.
- Legal or natural, the father.
- Testamentary, appointed by the father's will.
- Certificated, appointed or declared by a court.
- De facto, a person who merely has charge of the child.
The de facto guardian. In Imambandi v. Sheikh Haji Mutsaddi (1918), the Privy Council held that a person in charge of a minor "cannot thereby clothe himself with legal power to sell" the minor's property.
The statutory framework. The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 governs court appointments. Under section 17, the court is guided by the minor's welfare, consistently with the law to which the minor is subject.
Who is a minor. For guardianship of property, a minor is a person below majority under the Indian Majority Act, 1875, not merely below puberty.
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