Supreme Court · 1969 INSC 251 · Decided 18 September 1969
Tahsil Naidu & ANR. v. Kulla Naidu & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1969 INSC 251 · [1970] 2 S.C.R. 499
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1795/1966
- Decided
- 18 September 1969
- Bench
- VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. RAY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
499 TAHSIL NAIDU & ANR. v. KULLA NAIDU & ORS. September 18, 1969 (V. BHARGAVA, K. S. HEGDE AND A. N. RAY, JJ.J Hindu Law-Adoption ~v wl'doll', with sapindas' consent-Principles cpplicable-Nearest sapinda, woman-If her consent necessary to validate adoption. A Hindu widow in the Dravida consent in re·sponse to her letters asking for their consent wherein she stated that the object of the adoption was the proper pe'rformance of cere­ monies for the benefit of her husband and his ancestors. They also signed the adoption deed which mentioned the purpose of the adoption.
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