Veronica Alexander v. Union of India through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Case brief
What is this about?
Adult guardianship writ petition (Bombay HC, OOCJ, W.P. No.2573 of 2025, DB, neutral citation 2025:BHC-OS:12730-DB, decided 1 August 2025, coram Revati Mohite Dere & Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ.): mother appointed legal guardian of her 38-year-old son with Down syndrome / moderate intellectual disability (75% permanent disability) per Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Medical Board report dated 10 July 2025 (constituted by Court order dated 24 June 2025); guardian empowered to represent him in all pending and future litigation and to manage his movable and immovable properties, including estate of father who died intestate on 17 May 2017 leaving the son sole legal heir; petition allowed and disposed of; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner appointed legal guardian of her son Arnold, with authority to represent him in all pending and future litigation concerning his properties and properties in which he may acquire rights and interest, and to manage his movable and immovable properties with paramount consideration to his welfare; Petition allowed and disposed of; parties to act on an authenticated copy of the order.