Acknowledgement of paternity once made under Muslim Law

A valid acknowledgment of legitimate paternity is binding and cannot subsequently be revoked at the acknowledger’s will. Habibar Rahman states that the father cannot repudiate a completed acknowledgment. The doctrine requires a legally possible relationship and a valid acknowledgment; it does not legitimate a child whose nonmarital origin or the legal impossibility of the parents’ marriage is established. The options permitting unilateral revocation or discretionary withdrawal with judicial permission therefore do not state the rule.