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Under Section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, one person is said to be an 'agnate' (gotraja)…

Under Section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, 'one person is said to be an "agnate" (gotraja) of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly…

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Under Section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, one person is said to be an 'agnate' (gotraja) of another if:

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Under Section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, 'one person is said to be an "agnate" (gotraja) of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly through males.' By contrast, under Section 3(1)(c) of the Act, one person is said to be a 'cognate' (bhinnagotraja) of another if the two are related by blood or adoption, but not wholly through males.

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Option A

Correct. Section 3(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 defines 'agnate' (gotraja) as: one person is said to be an agnate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly through males.

Option B

Incorrect. Under Section 3(1)(c) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, being related by blood or adoption 'not wholly through males' is the statutory definition of a 'cognate' (bhinnagotraja), not an agnate.

Option C

Incorrect. Relationship wholly through females is a subset of cognatic relationship under Section 3(1)(c), whereas an agnate under Section 3(1)(a) must be related wholly through males.

Option D

Incorrect. The statutory test for an agnate under Section 3(1)(a) is that the relationship by blood or adoption is 'wholly through males', not merely 'not wholly through females'.

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