Ms. A, an unmarried Hindu woman adopts a Hindu minor girl. After few years she marries. The husband is…
The adoption by Ms. B is invalid because the girl has already been adopted. Section 10 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 requires that a person taken in…
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Ms. A, an unmarried Hindu woman adopts a Hindu minor girl. After few years she marries. The husband is unwilling to accept her daughter. Ms. B the real sister of Ms. A now adopts that daughter who is still a minor. The adoption by Ms. B is :
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Correct answer B
The adoption by Ms. B is invalid because the girl has already been adopted. Section 10 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 requires that a person taken in adoption must not already have been adopted. The later marriage of the adoptive mother does not undo the first adoption.
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