this Act; (j) “related” means related by legitimate kinship: Provided that illegitimate children shall be deemed to be related to their mothers
Hindu Adoptions And Maintenance Act, 1956
20. Maintenance of children and aged parents.—
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section a Hindu is bound ... lifetime, to maintain his or her legitimate or illegitimate children and his or her aged or infirm parents. (2) A legitimate or illegitimate child
Constitution, inasmuch as
they purport to create two classes of illegitimate children,
namely. those born of the invalid marriages prior to the Act
and those ... Section 16 does not apply to them and applies to those
illegitimate children who were born of a void marriage
performed after the Act came
wife or husband of the deceased, (b) the father, mother, children, uncles and aunts of the deceased, and (c) any issue of any person falling ... issue; (ii) reference to "children" and "issue" include reference to illegitimate children and to adopted children; (iii) "annuity" includes any series of payments, whether interconnected
named as one of them B, who is illegitimate, leaves a legacy to “my said children”. B will take a share in the legacy alongwith ... legitimate children. (iv) A leaves a legacy to “the children of B”. B is dead and has left none but illegitimate children. All those
that a share of the inheritance being awarded to illegitimate children of Sudras in certain cases was necessarily conclusive of the meaning of a Sudra ... some zamindaries, mostly Oriya, have made provision for the maintenance of illegitimate children of members of their families, but even if the evidence could
claimed to succeed him. The Privy Council held that the illegitimate children of a Brahmin married woman born to a European father were ... case of the illegitimate son of a known Sudra father, that so far as the H. Law canon goes illegitimate children have no right
dealt with competition between illegitimate children only, but contains an obiter dictum that "in Madras it has never been doubted that the children ... foundation for the suggestion that an illegitimate daughter is within those rules. Illegitimate children have no place in Hindu taw when there are legitimate heirs
shall be liable to maintain his wife and his legitimate or illegitimate children to the same extent as if he were not so subject ... maintenance of his wife or his legitimate or illegitimate children and a copy of the decree or order is sent to the Central Government
children of C”. C has no legitimate child, but has two illegitimate children, A and B. The bequest to A and B takes effect, although ... they are illegitimate. (iv) The testator gives his residuary estate to be divided among “my seven children” and, proceeding to enumerate them, mentions six names