Supreme Court of India

Jinia Keotin and Ors. v. Kumar Sitaram Manjhi and Ors.

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Reported as [2002] SUPP. 5 S.C.R. 689
Bench Doraiswamy Raju J.
Decided 20 December 2002

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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955-Section 16(3)-Right of illegitimate child to inherit properly-Plea that right should not be limited only to property of their parents, but also to coparcenary properly-Held, since the provisions limit right of such child only to the property of his parents, granting any fiirther rights to such child would amount to doing violence to the provision- /I would also amount to Court relegislating on the subject under the guise of interpretation. In a partition suit, children born out of unlawful wedlock were held entitled to claim their due share in the property of their

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