https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275171 Children born from a void marriage are discussed as being entitled, under Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, to legitimacy without being restricted to their parents' self-acquired property alone. The text emphasises a purposive reading of the provision as a beneficial enactment intended to remove stigma of illegitimacy and to align with constitutional values of equality, dignity and child protection. It states that the earlier narrow view was considered too restrictive because the statutory reference is to the parents' property generally, though the children's rights remain confined to parental property and do not extend beyond it. en-us Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 17:17:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275171 Children born from a void marriage are discussed as being entitled, under Section 16 of the Hindu Marriage Act, to legitimacy without being restricted to their parents' self-acquired property alone. The text emphasises a purposive reading of the provision as a beneficial enactment intended to remove stigma of illegitimacy and to align with constitutional values of equality, dignity and child protection. It states that the earlier narrow view was considered too restrictive because the statutory reference is to the parents' property generally, though the children's rights remain confined to parental property and do not extend beyond it. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275171