Woman’s Inheritance Claim Dismissed; Pre-1956 Hindu Law Did Not Recognise Adoption of a Daughter: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that under ancient Hindu law applicable before the enactment of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, adoption of a girl child was not legally recognised. The Court ruled that a woman claiming inheritance on the basis of an alleged adoption in 1949 could not be treated as the legally adopted daughter of the deceased. Consequently, the Court dismissed her first appeal and upheld…
