Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 260 · Decided 17 April 2013
Harnek Singh v. Pritam Singh & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 260 · [2013] 6 S.C.R. 184
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3895/2013
- Decided
- 17 April 2013
- Bench
- S.S. NIJJAR, M.Y. EQBAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Family Law - Custom - Adoption - Validity - Plea of plaintiff-appellant that he had been adopted by defendant C no. 1 - Parties belonged to the Jat community in District Ambala, Haryana - At the time of alleged adoption, plaintiff was about 23 years old and a married man having children - For person who may be adopted has not completed the age of 15 years unless D there is a custom and usage applicable - Concurrent findings of both the first appellate court and the High Court that neither the custom was proved nor the factum of adoption was established by conclusive evidence - On
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