In Revanasiddappa & Anr. v. Mallikarjun & Ors, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, in a reference made by its two-judge Bench, held that children born out of void or voidable marriages are entitled to a share in their parents’ property i.e., self-acquired and ancestral. However, such a child does not become a coparcener in the Hindu Mitakshara Joint Family and does not acquire any right by birth to the property, as enjoyed by a coparcener.
This Connect highlights the reasoning and judgement passed by the Court.