Supreme Court of India

Revanasiddappa & Anr. v. Mallikarjun & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 14 S.C.R. 320
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 1 September 2023

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Issue for consideration: Whether a child who is conferred with legislative legitimacy u/s. 16(1) or 16(2) is, by reason of s. 16(3), of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 entitled to the ancestral/coparcenary property of the parents or is the child merely entitled to the self-ea rned/separate property of the parents. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – s. 16 – Children of void and voidable marriages – Conferment of legitimacy – Inheritance rights of legitimised children: Held: While conferring legitimacy in terms of s. 16(1) on a child born from a marriage which is void u/s. 11, and under s. 16(2) to a

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