This is a petition under sections 7 to 10 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890, for declaring the petitioner herein to be the guardian of the person of the petitioner’s minor illegitimate daughter born on 8th September, 1955, and for directing the respondent herein, the putative father of the said illegitimate child, to give custody of the said minor child to the petitioner herein. The respondent is the husband of the petitioner’s mother’s younger sister. The petitioner, two other daughters and her brother were the children of her parents. After the death of the petitioner’s father, the petitioner’s mother married one G. Ballard. The petitioner claims to be very much attached to her aunt, namely, the wife of the respondent. According to the petitioner, she used to frequently visit the respondent and his wife. From 1950 to 1963, the petitioner lived with the respondent in the respondent’s house as his mistress and it is as a result of this illicit connection between the petitioner and the respondent, the daughter was born on 8th September, 1955. In 1963, the petitioner left India for England, where she secured a job as a shorthand-writer Secretary. During the perio