A MUSLIM CAN ADOPT CHILD SANS MAKING DECLARATION UNDER SHARIAT ACT: COURT

The Delhi Court, while dismissing a partition suit, has held that any individual belonging to the Muslim community can adopt a child without making a declaration under the Shariat Act.

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As per the ruling, any such adoption shall be governed by the general law and not by the Muslim Personal Law. The said child would become the legitimate child of his adoptive parents, the court said.

The court was hearing a partition suit filed by the brother of a deceased Muslim man, namely Zamir Ahmed, seeking share in his property, leaving one-fourth share for the widow of Zamir Ahmed as the couple had no son.

However, Zamir Ahmed and his wife Gulzaro Begam has adopted a son, namely Abdul Samad alias Sameer, without making any declaration under the Muslim Personal Law.