Subscribe to the Bombay Chartered Accountant Journal Subscribe Now!

December 2023

Allied Laws

By Dr. K. Shivaram, Senior Advocate | Rahul K. Hakani & Shashi Bekal, Advocates
Reading Time 5 mins

36 Paramjota vs. Deputy Director of Consolidation & Ors

AIR 2023 ALLAHABAD 222

Date of Order: 8th August, 2023

Adoption — Adoption Deed is sufficient — Rituals are not necessary — Adopted child entitled to property on parent renouncing the world.[Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1965, S. 11, 15 and 16]

FACTS

Amidst a land dispute, a consolidation officer entered the name of the adopted son (Mahadeo) of one Mr Bholla, who renounced the world for Sanyas, in the revenue records.

This was disputed by the Petitioner; the Consolidation officer rejected the objections filed by the Petitioner.

On filing the Writ Petition.

HELD

CA ceremony is not necessary to prove that Mr Mahadeo is the adopted son of Mr Bhalla, especially since the adoption deed is registered. Subsequentnotarized deed revoking the adoption has no legal consequences. Further, since the father has renounced the world by becoming a Sanyasi, the property would devolve on his adopted son.

The Writ

Read More
Download PDF

You May Also Like

Purchase-As-Produced Contracts – Whether Derivative or Not?

Society News