Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal for Declaration of Adoption and Partition – Failure to Prove Ceremony of Giving and Taking Under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. The court held that evidence of being treated as a daughter, without proof of the actual adoption ceremony, is insufficient to establish a valid adoption after the Act of 1956.
6 Mar 2020The appellant, M. Vanaja, filed a civil suit seeking a declaration that she was the adopted daughter of the respondent, M. Sarla Devi, and her decease...
