Hindu Adoption & Maintenance Act, 1956–Secs. 16 & 11–Suit for cancellation of sale deed on the ground of having adopted son–Decreed–Justification– Adoption deed does not bear the signatures of natural father of plaintiff– Legal presumption u/s. 16 of Act would not be available to him–Fact of transfer from one family to another family, acts of giving and taking and formal ceremony were found missing–Fact of adoption could not be proved–Decree is liable to be set aside.
