Ghaosia Tabassum Irshad Ahmad v. Mohammad Ayub Irshad Farooqui
Guardianship – Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, S.7
Case brief
What is this about?
GP 21 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (OOCJ), pronounced 08-01-2026, coram Farhan P. Dubash, J. Mother Ghaosia Tabassum Irshad Ahmad appointed Guardian of her minor son Mohammad Ayub Irshad Farooqui under Section 7 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, following the intestate death of the father Irshad Ahmad Farooqui (24-02-2020) and the earlier grant of Letters of Administration in Testamentary Petition No. 3821 of 2023 (granted 31-07-2024). Consent affidavits of three adult siblings filed. Permission granted to use, spend and manage the Ward's movable and immovable property for his medical treatment, education and upbringing. Petition allowed and disposed of; no costs. Keywords: guardianship of minor, widow-mother guardian, S.7 GWA 1890, letters of administration, consent affidavits, welfare of ward.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner appointed Guardian of the minor Ward (person and moveable property); permitted to use, spend on, and manage the Ward's movable and immovable property inherited from his late father for medical treatment, education and other expenses for the Ward's welfare and upbringing; Guardianship Petition disposed of with no order as to costs.