Child born in live-in relationship has right to paternal property, says SC. What it means

The Supreme Court has ruled that a child born to a couple who lived together can't be denied property rights. Here's what it means. The son born to a couple who lived together cannot be denied the shares in the ancestral properties. Setting aside a verdict of the Kerala High Court, the Supreme Court said the “law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage” if a man and woman cohabited for a long period and their son cannot be denied the shares in the ancestral properties. A bench of justices S Abdul Nazeer and Vikram Nath said, “It is well settled that if a man and a woman live together for long years as husband and wife, there would be a presumption in favour of wedlock. Such a presumption could be drawn under Section 114 of the Evidence Act,” Referring to judgements, it said, “The law presumes in favour of marriage and against concubinage when a man and a woman have cohabited continuously for a number of years.”

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