Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, Sections 11(vi) and 16 Proof of adoption Only when adoption is evidenced by a registered document such adoption can be presumed-In no other case, factum of adoption can be presumed-Since adoption displaces natural succession of property, adoption should be proved as a matter of fact-In a case where there is no evidence of any ceremony or form of adoption vouching giving of child by natural parents, adoption cannot be taken as valid.
Senni v/s Avudaiammal AS 167/13 [ SS SUNDAR JJ ]
[ THE MADRAS HIGH COURT ]
