Supreme Court of India
Smt. Chandan Bilasini (dead) by Lrs. Etc. v. Aftabuddin Khan and Ors. Etc.
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What the Court ordered
We hold that there was a valid adoption of the respondent Amaresh Sarkar by the original first-plaintiff Chandan Bilasini Dasi.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956: Ss. 11, 12 & 14-Adoption by widow-Proof of-Ceremony of giving and taking peif onned-Adoptive mother executing a deed acknowledging adoption-Witnesses present at adoption ceremony including priest who per- ! onned the ceremony and one attesting witness of adoption deed testifying the ceremony of giving and takin~High Co wt drawing adverse inference against validity of adoption on the ground that adoptive mother did not examine herself-Held, High Court erred in drawing inferenc~Evidence on record establishes factum of adoption.
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