Under section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, how are two people related if one is an agnate…

Agnates are related by blood or adoption wholly through males. The rule describes the connecting line. The people at its ends need not both be male.

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Under section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, how are two people related if one is an agnate of the other?

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Agnates are related by blood or adoption wholly through males.

The rule describes the connecting line. The people at its ends need not both be male.

Option A

A relationship through women does not satisfy the agnate definition.

Option B

The definition requires blood or adoption and a connection wholly through males.

Option C

A connecting line that includes a woman falls within the different cognate definition if blood or adoption connects the people.

Option D

Marriage alone does not establish the blood or adoptive relationship required.