IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION GUARDIANSHIP PETITION NO.156 of 2007 Saraswati Nabhubahaii Deshmukh ...Petitioner Jyoti Mistry i/b. Bhadra N. Dalad for the petitioner CORAM: SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J CORAM: SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J CORAM: SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J 16th July, 2008 16th July, 2008 16th July, 2008 P.C. P.C. P.C. . The Petitioner is the mother of two minor children Disha and Nihali Deshmukh. The father has expired. As per the judgment in the case of Geeta Geeta Geeta Hariharan V/s. Reserve Bank of India, Hariharan V/s. Reserve Bank of India, Hariharan V/s. Reserve Bank of India, the mother of the child is the legal as well as the natural guardian in the absence of and after the father. There is no reason or need for a mother of the child to file the Guardianship Petition. 2. The L.I.C. policy of the husband of the Petitioner who has expired has matured. The Petitioner has opened two Bank Accounts of the minor children. The Petitioner claims the amount only on behalf of her children and in the name of her children. Life Insurance Corporation shall forthwith transfer the matured amount of the policy equally in the two accounts of the two minors represented by their mother as their only natural and legal guardian. (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI,J) (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI,J) (SMT.ROSHAN DALVI,J)