determined in that case had reference to the validity of the adoption by the widow of late Shri Vasudev Harihar Pandit, alias Shri Baba Maharaj ... husband. The suit was for a declaration of the validity of the adoption of Jagannath, one of the plaintiffs. Three of the trustees appointed
Divisional officer by order dated
27.12.1981 disbelieved the claim of adoption on the ground
inter alia that in the entries in educational institutions
adoptive father ... trial court
that Mishri Bai had taken Brajendra Singh in adoption and in
the will executed by Mishri Bai the factum of adoption has
been
name of the deceased and AW1/R is the
Adoption Deed.
6. The Commissioner repelled both the contentions of the respondents,
namely, about ... CAUSAL
CONNECTION with his employment and also held that the adoption of the
appellant was not proved.
7. We heard Mr. R.K. Nain, learned
verdict of the Pandits which had previously been pronounced against the adoption was erroneous in law and had been obtained by corrupt means ... Raja died "without leaving a son by birth or adoption" and his father Serfoji was only an adopted son. On October 18th
plaintiffs (Ayyalu, the first defendant in the suit) was given away in adoption to one Kochadai Naicker, the brother of the paternal grandfather of defendants ... that after the adoption, the first defendant ceased to be a member of his natural family and became both, legally and factually, a member
that he must not give his son Raghunath, aged 8 years,
in adoption to Smt. Laxmibai.
C. On 10.5.1971, some of the respondents herein, filed ... Bhagwant Pandav, Smt. Laxmibai and
Smt. Gopikabai, restraining them from effectuating the adoption of
Raghunath. The aforementioned suit was withdrawn subsequently, in
September
alternative prayer requesting the Court to lay
down optional guidelines enabling adoption of children by persons
irrespective of religion, caste, creed etc. and further ... high
watermark in the development of the law relating to adoption. Dealing
with inter-country adoptions, elaborate guidelines had been laid by this
Court
concerned there
is no material difference in this respect between an
adoption and an act of surrender by the widow.
As a surrender ... forward the
claim of her adopted son. The District Judge regarded the
adoption to be invalid and by his order dated November 29,
1924, appointed
belonged to Mantri
family. In their community, there was a custom of adoption in
'Dwyamushyayana' from, according to which the person adopted would ... time,
would acquire interest in the properties of adoptive father upon his
adoption, provided there was an agreement between the natural father and
the adoptive
death of the husband of the widow who took him in adoption-
Whether it bars filing of a suit for that purpose.
Hindu Law-Mitakshara ... surviving coparcener-Whether a
person adopted by a widow after the Hindu Adoption and
Maintenance Act, 1956 came into force can claim share
