Under Section 11(i) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, for whom does having a son born…

Under Section 11(i) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, if the adoption is of a son, the adoptive father or mother by whom the adoption is made must not have a Hindu son, son's son, or son's son's son '(whether by legitimate blood relationship or by adoption)' living at the time of adoption. Because the statute expressly confines the bar to a son related by legitimate blood relationship or by adoption, the existence of an illegitimate son is not a bar to either a male Hindu or a female Hindu taking a son in adoption.