A. M. BHATTACHARJEE, J.

( 1 ) WHILE decreeing dissolution of the marriage between the parties by mutual consent under S. 28 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, in terms of the joint-petition filed by the parties, the Court made the said petition also a part of the decree. As a result, it was also decreed, as agreed between the parties in paragraph 5 of the joint-petition, that "the custody of the child", then aged 5 years and few days, "will remain with the mother till the child attains majority", that "for the purpose of education of the said child, the petitioner (here, the mother-appellant) will act as the guardian till the age of majority of the child and the respondent (i. e. the father) cannot have any objection in the matter", but that "for all other purposes, the respondent shall remain the natural guardian". It was also agreed, and accordingly decreed, that the respondent shall have the opportunity to meet the child "on every Sunday for 2 hours from 10 a. m. to 12 noon" at the residence of a named common friend and "the petitioner, i. e. the mother and/or her representative shall take the child at 10 a. m. " at the said place on every Sunday "without fail".

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