Do Children Of Invalid Marriages Have Right In Their Parents’ Share In Hindu Joint Family Property

Revanasiddappa & Anr. Vs Mallikarjun & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) The 3- Judge bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Mishra, Justices has settled the issue as to whether a child, born from a marriage that is null and void under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA), is entitled to ancestral/coparcenary property or only to the self-earned/separate property of the parents and has held that when an individual falls within the protective ambit of Sub-Section (1) or Sub-Section (2) of Section 16 of the HMA, they would be entitled to rights in or to the absolute property of the...