Legitimacy of Child Archives

Legitimacy alone not enough for Coparcenary Rights: Decoding Supreme Court verdict on Rights of Children from Null and Void Marriages

The Supreme Court has held that children born from Null and Void marriages would be entitled to rights in or to the absolute property of the parents and no other person.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Long co-habiting couple’s child cannot be disentitled from family property in absence of proof against presumption of marriage: Supreme Court

“Law leans in favour of legitimacy and frowns upon the bastardy.”

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Explained| Can, in a declaratory suit, plaintiff be subjected to DNA test against his will?

“Indian law leans towards legitimacy and frowns upon bastardy. The presumption in law of legitimacy of a child cannot be lightly repelled.”

Case Briefs High Courts

Ker HC | Can DNA test be conducted to determine legitimacy of a child in a divorce petition without the child being on the party array? HC answers

Kerala High Court: A.Muhamed Mustaque and Kauser Edappagath, JJ., addressed an interesting question of law, Can a direction to undergo DNA Test