A 35 years old Hindu bachelor (single man) adopts a 14 years old girl under the Hindu Adoptions and…
A Hindu male who is a major and of sound mind may adopt under Section 7 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, and Section 11(iii) requires a male adopting a…
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A 35 years old Hindu bachelor (single man) adopts a 14 years old girl under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. Such adoption under the law is :
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A Hindu male who is a major and of sound mind may adopt under Section 7 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, and Section 11(iii) requires a male adopting a female to be at least twenty-one years older than her, which a 35-year-old adopting a 14-year-old satisfies, so the adoption is "valid".
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