KOMITA SINGH vs SAURABH MALIK

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 02.12.2025 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 242/2025 and CM APPL. 39749/2025 KOMITA SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Manish Kaushik, Adv. versus SAURABH MALIK .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satwik Parikh, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J U D G M E N T (ORAL) ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant assails the correctness of the order dated 09.05.2025 passed by the learned Family Court, whereby her application under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [hereinafter referred to as ‘CPC’], seeking rejection of a Guardianship Petition filed by the Respondent, the biological father of the child, was dismissed. 2. It is the case of the Respondent that, the Appellant and the Respondent were in a live-in relationship, and out of the said relationship a male child, Master Neil Malik, was born on 03.10.2019. 3. Accordingly, the Respondent filed a petition under Section 7 read with Sections 12 and 25 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 [hereinafter referred to as ‘GWA’]. Thereafter, the Appellant filed an 4. Heard learned counsel representing the