Supreme Court · 1953 INSC 82 · Decided 8 December 1953
Chilukuri Yenkateswarlu v. Chilukuri VENKATANARAYANA.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1953 INSC 82 · [1954] 1 S.C.R. 424
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 73/1953
- Decided
- 8 December 1953
- Bench
- BIJAN KUMAR MUKHERJEA, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI, B. JAGANNADHADAS (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 112
Headnote
424 SUPREME COURT REPORTS [1954] CHILUKURI YENKATESWARLU v. CHILUKURI VENKATANARAYANA. [BI.TAN KUM.AR MuKHER.TEA, N. H. BHAGWATI and B. J'AGAN_NADHADAS JJ.] Indian Evidence Act (I of 1872), s. ll2-Pr1m1mption of law-Conclusive proof of leaitimacy-Birth rfarina lawful wedlock. The presumption to the ordinary course of nature the husband could have been the father of the child. Access and non·a.ccess connote existence and non-existence of opportunities for marital intercourse. Karapaya v. Ma11and11 (1), referred to. Non-access can be proved by evidence direct or
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