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Adoptions-Hindus
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The ancient Hindu law of adoption was mainly based on the religious belief that a son was absolutely essential not so much for the material welfare of man as for his spiritual salvation. However, with the passing of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the law of adoption applicable to Hindus has undergone a radical change. Under the present law, the religious motive underlying adoption is completely superseded. Unlike the ancient Hindu law, the Act now allows not only an adult person, married or unmarried, to adopt a child (a boy or a girl), and also allows an adult woman (unmarried, widowed or divorcee) a right to adopt a child to herself. The broad areas where the Act has changed the customary law of adoption are in the matters of
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