Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which definition correctly describes a cognate relationship?
Section 3(1)(c) defines cognates by a blood or adoption relationship that is not wholly through males. A mixed line can qualify. Section 3(1)(a) uses a wholly male line for…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, which definition correctly describes a cognate relationship?
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Section 3(1)(c) defines cognates by a blood or adoption relationship that is not wholly through males. A mixed line can qualify.
Section 3(1)(a) uses a wholly male line for agnates.
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Option A
An entirely male line meets the definition of agnate under section 3(1)(a).
Option B
The definition in section 3(1)(c) requires blood or adoption and a line that is not entirely through males.
Option C
Marriage alone does not provide the required blood or adoption relationship.
Option D
A wholly female line can qualify, but mixed lines with a female link also qualify. This choice is too narrow as a definition.
Option E
The blood or adoption relationship with at least one female link supplies the definition.
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