JUDGMENT :

1. This appeal and cross objections are directed against an order of the learned District Judge, West Godavari, made in O.P. 91/64 on his file.

2. The petition was filed under Sections 7, 10 and 25 of the Guardians and wards Act VIII of 1890 by the father of a minor girl, Venkatalakshmi for an order directing the return of the child to his custody and also seeking to be appointed as guardian of her person and property alleging that it is not in her interests to continue to remain with her maternal grandmother, who already made an unsuccesful attempt to give away the child in marriage to her sister's son in violation of the provisions of the Child Marriage Restraint Act and also because she has been trying her best to keep the child away from him. This petition was opposed by the grandmother of the child who filed confer denying the allegations made against her in the petitions and contendig inter alia that her daughter, Venkata Satyavati, who was being ill-treated by her husband, the petitioner, died under unfortunate circumstances whereafter the petitioner married another woman and has been living with her and the children begotten by her and that the atmosphere in the