Adoption, maintenance and financial provision

Adoption and property rights – Terms like “agnate”,”full blood” “half blood” and uterine blood”, “heir”, “related” discussed. In view of the provisions of the Act which do not make any distinction between the son born to a father prior or after adoption of his father and that there is no provision which bars the natural born son to inherit the property of his natural father. There was full blood relationship between the three sons and the daughter who was born after adoption. All the children of Laxman are entitled to inherit the property of their natural father and mother in accordance with the provisions of the Act as  succession has opened  after the death of Laxman in 1987 and subsequently the mother in the year 1992. Paras 14-22

(2020) 4 SCC 335- Kalindi Damodar Garde v Manohar laxman Kulkarni

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