Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, when is one person an agnate of another?
Section 3(1)(a) defines agnates as persons related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Section 3(1)(c) uses a relationship by blood or adoption through a line that is…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, when is one person an agnate of another?
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Section 3(1)(a) defines agnates as persons related by blood or adoption wholly through males. Section 3(1)(c) uses a relationship by blood or adoption through a line that is not wholly male to define cognates.
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Option A
This is the cognate definition in section 3(1)(c).
Option B
This is the agnate definition in section 3(1)(a).
Option C
Half blood alone does not establish the wholly male line required by section 3(1)(a).
Option D
Full blood alone does not establish the wholly male line required by section 3(1)(a).
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