Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 116 · Decided 25 February 2003
Namdev Vyankat Ghadge and ANR. v. Chandrakant Ganpat Ghadge and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 116 · [2003] 2 S.C.R. 299
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 11632/1995
- Decided
- 25 February 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, SHIVARAJ V. PATIL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
B Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956-Section 12 proviso (c)­ Adoption-Ejfect of-Whether adopted child entitled to claim any share in property already vested in heirs of sole surviving coparcener before his C adoption-Held: No, since adopted child cannot divest any person of any estate consideration in this appeal was whether the son adopted subsequent to the death of the sole surviving coparcener could divest the heirs of the sole surviving coparcener of the D property which vested in them prior to his adoption to claim his share in the suit property. Allowing the appeal,
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