https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291285 A Hindu adoption was treated as valid where the evidence showed completed giving and taking of the child: the natural father gave the child in adoption, the adoptive mother received him, and the customary act was performed. The absence of datta homam did not invalidate the adoption because the child and adoptive father belonged to the same gotra, making that ceremony unnecessary in law, though religiously proper. Allegations of fraud, coercion, undue influence, and improper use of evidence were found unsupported and insufficiently particularised, so the challenge to the adoption failed and the adoption was upheld as genuine and voluntary. en-us Fri, 26 Mar 1915 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Nov 2020 10:07:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291285 A Hindu adoption was treated as valid where the evidence showed completed giving and taking of the child: the natural father gave the child in adoption, the adoptive mother received him, and the customary act was performed. The absence of datta homam did not invalidate the adoption because the child and adoptive father belonged to the same gotra, making that ceremony unnecessary in law, though religiously proper. Allegations of fraud, coercion, undue influence, and improper use of evidence were found unsupported and insufficiently particularised, so the challenge to the adoption failed and the adoption was upheld as genuine and voluntary. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 26 Mar 1915 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291285