Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 599 · Decided 13 September 2006
M. Gurudas and ORS. v. Rasaranjan and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 599 · [2006] SUPP. 6 S.C.R. 103
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4101/2006
- Decided
- 13 September 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Hindu Succession Act Section 8; Succession Act
Headnote
B Hindu law: Hindu ado ... tion--Valid adoption--Necessity of-Held: There should be an actual giving and taking ceremony-Pe1formance of datta homm imperative C to constitute valid adoption subject to exception-Adoption of daughter is invalid under Hindu law-Person adopted is to be male-On facts, natural brothers and sons from alienating the property on the ground that their predecessor inherited her uncle's property on his death as D she w~s adopted by her uncle-However, predecessor not being validly adopted daughter of her uncle nor adoption permissible in law, the female could
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