Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
VII · Section 116

Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

The fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate child of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each other at any time when he could have been begotten.

Judgments on Section 116