Kalindi Damodar Garde By LRs. vs. Manohar Laxman Kulkarni & Ors. – (SC)

Hindu Succession Act, 1956–Sec. 4–Sons born to a father prior or after adoption of father–Whether any distinction can be made between them ?–Held, no–Further held, there is no provision which bars the natural born son to inherit the property of his natural son–Natural father retains the rights to give in adoption his son born before his own adoption–If he has a right to give his son in adoption, such son has a right to inherit the property by virtue of being an agnate–There was a full blood relation between the three sons born before adoption of L and one daughter born after adoption–All the children were equally entitled for inherit the property of L.