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Bombay High Court Allows Second Appeal in Partition Suit — Adoption and Hindu Succession Rights Upheld. Plaintiff's 1/2 share in suit properties declared, sale deeds by adopted son held not binding on adoptive mother.

The original plaintiff, Housabai, filed a suit for partition and separate possession of suit lands, claiming a 1/2 share as the widow of her husband w...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal in Adoption Dispute Due to Abatement — Conflict of Decrees Would Arise if Appeal Proceeded. Right to Sue Did Not Survive to Surviving Appellant Alone; Appeal Abated as a Whole Under Order XXII Rule 3 CPC.

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal arising from a suit challenging the validity of an adoption. The appellants, two brothers, had filed a suit seek...

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High Court of Karnataka Allows Regular Second Appeal in Adoption Dispute — Reverses Appellate Court's Finding of Adoption. Court holds that plaintiff failed to prove valid adoption under Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956, as essential ceremonies of giving and taking were not established.

The present regular second appeal was filed by the legal representatives of the defendant, assailing the judgment and decree of the appellate court wh...

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High Court Dismisses Second Appeal in Partition Suit, Upholding Custom-Based Adoption Validity. Custom Allowed Adoption Above 15 Years in Vysya Community, and Adoptee Could Not Claim Share in Natural Family Property Under Section 12(b) of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956.

The dispute arose from a partition suit filed by a son who had been given in adoption in 1974 at the age of 23-24 years. The natural father died intes...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Second Appeals in Adoption Dispute — Holds Adoption Valid Despite Caste Allegations. Court finds that adoption of a daughter's son by a widow is valid under Hindu law and that the parties were not 96 Kuli Marathas, thus no prohibition applied.

The case involves two second appeals arising from a judgment in two suits concerning the validity of an adoption. The appellants, Baburao Marutrao Man...

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Supreme Court Upholds Right of Pre-Adoption Sons to Inherit from Adopted Father in Hindu Succession Case. Sons born before adoption remain heirs of their natural father and are entitled to inherit his estate under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

The present appeals arose from a dispute over the inheritance of property left by Laxman, who was given in adoption to Saraswati on 2 November 1935. A...

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Karnataka High Court Allows Appeal in Adoption and Partition Dispute — Gift Deed by Widow Without Legal Necessity Set Aside. Adopted Son's Right to Inherit from Adoptive Father Upheld Under Hindu Succession Act, 1956 and Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956.

The appellant, M.S. Shekharappa, filed a suit (O.S. No. 6/2002) seeking a declaration that he is the successor to the estate and liabilities of his ad...