REETIKA vs RAJINDER KUMAR JINDAL & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 07.11.2025 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 394/2025, CM APPL. 69225/2025 and CM APPL. 69226/2025 REETIKA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Geeta Luthra, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Kanika Baweja, Mr. Rishabh Dahiya, Ms. Jaishree Bhadauria and Ms Spriha Jha, Advs. versus RAJINDER KUMAR JINDAL & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vijay Singh, Mr. Ashwini Kumar and Mr. Shubh Goyal, Advs. 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. The present appeal has been filed assailing the judgment dated 27.09.2025 [hereinafter referred to as ‘IJ’] passed by the Family Court, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi [hereinafter referred to as ‘FC’], whereby the Guardianship Petition (GP) filed by the Respondents/Grandparents was rejected. However, taking into account the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, the FC granted the 2. The brief factual matrix leading to the filing of the present Appeal are that the Appellant was married to Mr. Puneet Jindal, son of the Respondents’, out of the said wedlock a daughter was born on 28.08.2008. Unfortunately, Mr. Puneet Jindal passed away on 18.1