Supreme Court of India

Revanasiddappa and Anr. v. Mallikarjun and Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 4 S.C.R. 675
Bench G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly JJ.
Decided 31 March 2011

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that Article 39 (f) must be kept in mind by the Court while interpreting the provision of Section 16(3) of Hindu Marriage Act.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: s.16(3) - Right of illegitimate children in the coparcenary c property of their parents - Whether illegitimate children are entitled to a share in the coparcenary property or whether their share is limited only to the self-acquired property of their parents uls.16(3) - Held: s.16(3) makes it clear that a child of a void or voidable marriage can only claim rights to the 0 property of his parents, and no one else - The legislature has advisedly used the word "property" and has not qualified it with either self-acquired property or ancestral property - It has been kept

Where later benches applied it

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