Illegitimate Child's Right To Inherit His Father's Ancestral Property: SC Awaits Answers To Question Referred To Larger Bench In 2011

Does an 'illegitimate' child have the right to succeed to his/her father's ancestral property? This issue has again popped up before the Supreme Court in a special leave petition titled as Jitender Kumar vs. Jasbir Singh. In this case, the Punjab and Haryana High Court, while dismissing a second appeal, relied on the judgments of the Apex Court in Bharatha Matha & another Vs....