Under Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, which statement is correct about a…
Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 ('Valid adoption not to be cancelled') provides: 'No adoption which has been validly made can be cancelled by the…
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Under Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, which statement is correct about a child who has been validly adopted?
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Correct answer A
Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 ('Valid adoption not to be cancelled') provides: 'No adoption which has been validly made can be cancelled by the adoptive father or mother or any other person, nor can the adopted child renounce his or her status as such and return to the family of his or her birth.'
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Option A
Correct. Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 expressly provides that no valid adoption can be cancelled, 'nor can the adopted child renounce his or her status as such and return to the family of his or her birth'.
Option B
Incorrect. Under Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the adopted child cannot renounce his or her status as an adopted child at all.
Option C
Incorrect. This directly contradicts Section 15 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, which forbids an adopted child from renouncing his or her adoptive status and returning to the family of birth.
Option D
Section 15 bars cancellation of a valid adoption. A challenge to whether the adoption was ever valid raises a different question.
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