Child From Void/Voidable Marriage Cannot Be Treated as Coparcener by Birth in Hindu Joint Family: Supreme Court [Revanasiddappa and Anr. v. Mallikarjun and Ors.]

The apex court ruled that children born out from void or voidable marriages (which is neither legitimate nor sanctioned by society) can claim the right in their parent’s ancestral property in joint Hindu family. The bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud along with Justices JB Pardiwala and Read more…