Supreme Court · 1995 INSC 742 · Decided 16 November 1995
SMT. Chandan Bilasini (Dead) BY LRS. ETC. v. Aftabuddin Khan and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1995 INSC 742 · [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 361
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1245/1977
- Decided
- 16 November 1995
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956: A B Ss. 11, 12 & 14-Adoption by widow-Proof of-Ceremony of giving and taking peif onned-Adoptive mother executing a deed acknowledging C adoption-Witnesses present at adoption ceremony including priest who per- ! onned the ceremony and one attesting Co wt drawing adverse inference against validity of adoption on the ground that adoptive mother did not examine herself-Held, High Court erred in drawing inferenc~Evidence on record D establishes factum of adoption. In a suit pertaining to certain property dispute the factum of adop­
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