Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956- Section 16 – wherever any document registered under the law is produced before the court purporting to record an adoption made and is signed by the persons mentioned therein, the court should presume that the adoption has been made in compliance with the provisions of the said statute unless and until it is disproved. It was further held therein in view of Section 16 of the Act of 1956 that it would be open to the persons who challenge the registered deed of adoption to disprove the same by taking independent proceedings. (Para 16)
Relation Back Principle- Adoption by a widow would relate back to the date of death of her husband, creating an immediate coparcenary interest in the joint property, meaning that the adopted child is treated as if they were born to the deceased husband, thus entitled to inherit his property. (Para 18)
Transfer of Property Act 1882 – Section 122 – Two things are necessary to constitute a valid gift, namely, (i) an offer and, (ii) its acceptance. (Para 27)