Supreme Court of India

Kalindi Damodar Garde (d) by Lrs. v. Manohar Laxman Kulkarni (d) by Lrs. & Ors. Etc.

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Reported as [2020] 2 S.C.R. 632
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta JJ.
Decided 7 February 2020

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Succession: Whether the sons of adoptee (who were born prior to his adoption) are entitled to inherit the property of the adopt ive family of their father – Held: Succession in the present case in t he facts of the case has to be decided in accordance with Hindu S uccession Act and not as per Hindu Law –There is no provision in the Act denying the right of succession to the natural born son of a n adoptee father – All the children either born before or aft er adoption of their father, in terms of s. 3(a) and (e) and Sched ule of the Act, being class I heirs, have right to inherit the property

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