Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16(3) -- Illegitimate child - Right to property - Illegitimate child can claim right only to separate property of parents and not the coparcenary property in which parent has a share...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16, Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 3(1)(j), 6 -- Illegitimate children - For all practical purposes, including succession to property of his parents, has to be treated as legitimate - Entitled to equal share with legitimate children - Can be treated as coparceners - Only limitation is that illegitimate child cannot claim partition..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16 -- Illegitimate child - Rights of - His rights get restricted to property belonging to parents of child only - Property belonging to others over which parents have claim by virtue of their coparcenary rights of inheritance - Same cannot be inherited by illegitimate child...........
