Question

Given below is a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the file  given below and select the most appropriate answer 

Principle: Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permit persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being taken in adoption.

Facts: Vijay being a natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently, in December 2013, Sanjay gave Tarun in adoption to Vijay.

पर्याय

• Adoption of Tarun by Sanjay is valid 

• Adoption of Tarun by Vijay is valid 

• Adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid

• None of the above adoptions is valid

Answer 1

Adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid

Explanation:

According to the principle given here, the adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid because all the conditions required to be fulfilled in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 are completed. So, adoption is valid.