ANANT RAMANATH HEGDE
Vijay – Appellant
Versus
Appasaheb Desai – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Mr. Anant Ramanath Hegde, J. - This appeal is filed by the unsuccessful plaintiffs in O.S.No.88/2005 on the file of the Civil Judge (Sr.Dn.), Bilagi (for short, the 'Trial Court'). The said suit was for partition and separate possession. The genealogy of the parties is as under:
2. One Vyasappa Desai was the propositus. He had two sons Sangappa and Mallappa. Both Sangappa and Mallappa are dead. Mallappa died in the year 1917, this is a relevant year. Mallappa was survived by his wife Bhagirathi. In the year 1937 Bhagirathi took Gurusangappa in adoption. Said Gurusangappa is the plaintiff No.1. Gurusangappa had two wives Tangevva/plaintiff No.1A and Kamalavva/Plaintiff No.6. The children of second wife Kamalavva are plaintiffs No.2, 3, 4 and 5. Plaintiff No.1A is first wife and plaintiff No.1B is daughter. After the demise of Gurusangappa during the pendency of the suit, his first wife Tangevva/plaintiff No.1A and daughter Bhagirathi/plaintiff No.1B came on record. The suit is filed against Appasaheb who is the adopted son of Bhimrao and Bhimrao is the son of Sangappa. The suit for partition is filed on the premise that the property inherited by Mallappa from his father Vya
The court established that valid adoption requires proof of giving and taking by biological and adoptive parents, which was not demonstrated, leading to equal shares among heirs.
For a valid adoption under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, the biological parents must give the child in adoption, and the adoptive parents must take the child, which was not proven in this c....
Adoption – Ceremony of adoption may vary depending upon circumstances of each case, but for a valid adoption there has to be ceremony of giving and taking of child in adoption.
The court upheld that a registered adoption presumes validity unless disproved, affirming married daughters' inheritance rights under Hindu law.
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