1. The appellant in this appeal is the petitioner in Guardian Wards Original Petition No. 68 of 1986 on the file of the District Judge, Kanyakumari at Nagercoil. The proceedings before the Lower Court will hereinafter be referred to as the Original Petition. The respondent in this Court was the respondent before the Lower Court. That was a petition filed under Section 7 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, hereinafter referred to as the Act for brevity sake. The petitioner and the respondent are Christians by religion and they were married on 11. 1977 as per Christian form. A child by name D. Rajesh was born to them out of this wedlock on 11. 1977. The spouses were living together as per the counter statement of the wife till 110. 1984. But, due to circumstances set out in the counter she left the company of her husband and started living with her parents with the child Rajesh. The allegation in the petition is that the respondent was a woman of loose character and that she was leading an immoral life, which was objected to by the petitioner, his parents, relatives and their neighbours. The petitioner, being the father, is entitled to the custody of his minor son, and th