Legal Protection of Minor against Abuse by its Guardian in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Infant is an easy pray to the abuse and corruption of the persons under whom he/she lives with. For rearing them up every religion has special provision. Not only that state has separate laws for their protection. In Bangladesh these laws are found inoperative while they are abused and deprived of their proprietary rights by their guardians. But the provisions of Roman laws were strong enough to protect the infants from the inefficiency, corruption and abuse of their guardians in comparison to that of Bangladesh. This article is aimed at providing information and materials to the legislators of Bangladesh for making existing laws more effective to protect and preserve infants’ interest.

Keywords: Infant, minor, rights, security, interest, abuse, guardianship, misuse, authority, guardian