Raja Damara Kumara Venkataappa Nayanim ... vs Damara Ranga Rao Garu on 29 April, 1915
615 is relied on. In the first place it may be mentioned that Rajah Venkatappa Nayanim Bahadur v. Renga Rao (1916) I.L.R. 39 Mad. 772 was a case of Sudras, but the point was not expressly argued. It may be that, for the validity of an adoption among Sudras, Dattahomam is not necessary but this does not mean that an adoption is not a religious act.