 bill no 243 of 2016 the hindu minority and guardianship (amendment) bill, 2016 by dr dharam vira gandhi,  mp a billto amend the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the hindu minority and guardianship (amendment) act,2016short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointamendment of section 632 of 19562 in section 6 of the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act),—(i) in clause (a), for the words "the father, and after him, the mother", the words"the father and the mother" shall be substituted; and(ii) in clause (b), for the words "the mother, and after her, the father", the words "the mother and the father" shall be substituted3 in section 7 of the principal act, the words "after him" shall be omittedamendment of section 7 statement of objects and reasonsthe hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956 was enacted as a supplement to the guardians and wards act, 1890 and deals with natural guardians and testamentary guardians incidentally abolishing the de facto guardians the act, however, does not treat men and women equally which needs to be amended the act provides for the father to be the natural guardian of a hindu minor boy or an unmarried girl and only after him the mother attains the position of a natural guardianthe various courts have since interpreted the expression "after him" occurring in clause (a) of section 6 of the act in a broad manner to include the absence of the father as well however, when the father is not absent, only he is subjected to the test of being a guardian for a minor and not the mother, however capable she might be for the same therefore, the provisions are required to be amended to provide for the equal treatment of both the parents ie father and mother of a minor for the purposes of minority and guardianship among the hindushence this billnew delhi;dharam vira gandhijuly 20, 2016 annexure extract from the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956 (32 of 1956)    natural guardians of a hindu minor6 the natural guardians of a hindu minor, in respect of the minor's person as well as in respect of the minor's property (excluding his or her undivided interest in joint family property), are—(a) in the case of a boy or an unmarried girl - the father, and after him, the mother: provided that the custody of a minor who has not completed the age of five years shall ordinarily be with the mother;(b) in the case of an illegitimate boy or an illegitimate unmarried girl - the mother, and after her, the father;     7 the natural guardianship of an adopted son who is a minor passes, on adoption, to the adoptive father and after him to the adoptive mothernatural guardianship of adopted son     lok sabha———— a billto amend the hindu minority and guardianship act, 1956————(dr dharam vira gandhi, mp)gmgipmrnd—2595ls(s3)—19-10-2016