law: Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
  8.Powers of natural guardian.-
  (1) The natural guardian of a Hindu minor has power, subject to
  
  the provisions of this section, to do all acts which are necessary or
  
  reasonable and proper for the benefit of the minor or for the realization,
  
  protection or benefit of the minor's estate; but the guardian can in no case
  
  bind the minor by a personal covenant.
  (2) The natural guardian shall not, without the previous
  
  permission of the court,-
  (a) mortgage or charge, or transfer by sale,
  
  gift, exchange or otherwise any part of the immovable property of the minor or
  (b) lease any part of such property for a term
  
  exceeding five years or for a term extending more than one year beyond the date
  
  on which the minor will attain majority.
  (3) Any disposal of immovable property by a natural guardian, in
  
  contravention of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), is voidable 
  
  at the instance of the minor or any person claiming under him.
  (4) No court shall grant permission to the natural guardian to
  
  do any of the acts mentioned in sub-section (2) except in case of necessity or
  
  for an evident advantage to the minor.
  (5) The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), shall apply
  
  to and in respect of an application for obtaining the permission of the court
  
  under sub-section (2) in all respects as if it were an application for
  
  obtaining the permission of the court under section 29 of that Act, and in particular-
  (a) proceedings in connection with the
  
  application shall be deemed to be proceedings under that Act within the meaning
  
  of section 4A thereof.
  (b) the court shall observe the procedure and
  
  have the powers specified in sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 31 of
  
  that Act; and
  (c) an appeal lie from an order of the court
  
  refusing permission to the natural guardian to do any of the acts mentioned in
  
  sub-section (2) of this section to the court to which appeals ordinarily lie
  
  from the decisions of that court.
  (6) In this section, "Court" means the city civil
  
  court or a district court or a court empowered under section 4A of the
  
  Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (8 of 1890), within the local limits of whose
  
  jurisdiction the immovable property in respect of which the application is made
  
  is situate, and where the immovable property is situate within the jurisdiction
  
  of more than one such court, means the court within the local limits of whose
  
  jurisdiction any portion of the property is situate.