The Kerala High Court held that persons with Down Syndrome are entitled to protections under the National Trust Act and ruled that guardianship applications cannot be rejected merely because the condition is not expressly mentioned in the statute, granting relief to a father seeking guardianship of his daughter.
The Orissa High Court ruled that a father’s custody claim cannot be rejected only because he did not submit the wife’s death certificate and the child’s birth certificate, set-a siding the Family Court’s technical grounds for denial.
