Supreme Court of India

Smt. Chandan Bilasini (dead) by Lrs. Etc. v. Aftabuddin Khan and Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [1995] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 361
Bench M.M. Punchhi and Sujata V. Manohar JJ.
Decided 16 November 1995

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What the Court ordered

We hold that there was a valid adoption of the respondent Amaresh Sarkar by the original first-plaintiff Chandan Bilasini Dasi.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956: Ss. 11, 12 & 14-Adoption by widow-Proof of-Ceremony of giving and taking peif onned-Adoptive mother executing a deed acknowledging adoption-Witnesses present at adoption ceremony including priest who per- ! onned the ceremony and one attesting witness of adoption deed testifying the ceremony of giving and takin~High 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 establishes factum of adoption. In a suit pertaining to

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