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Section	Rule	Key Concept	Case Law
2	Application of the Act	Applies to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.
3	Definitions	Defines terms like maintenance, dependent, and adoption.
4	Overriding effect	This Act overrides (prevails over) any conflicting law.
5	Adoptions to be regulated by this Act	No adoption is valid unless made as per this Act.
6	Requisites of valid adoption	Lists basic conditions for a valid adoption.
7	Capacity of male Hindu to adopt	Male can adopt if of sound mind and major, with wife’s consent.	Sawan Ram v. Kalawanti
8	Capacity of female Hindu to adopt	Female can adopt if unmarried, widow, or divorced.
9	Persons capable of giving in adoption	Father, mother, or guardian can give child in adoption.
10	Persons who may be adopted	Child must be Hindu, unmarried, below 15 (with exceptions).
11	Other conditions for valid adoption	Includes age difference and no existing child of same gender.
12	Effects of adoption	Adopted child gets same rights as natural child.	Ankush Narayan v. Janabai
13	Right of adoptive parents	Parents can dispose property but must consider adopted child.
14	Determination of adoptive mother	Explains who will be adoptive mother in different cases.
15	Valid adoption not to be cancelled	Adoption once valid cannot be cancelled.
16	Presumption of registered adoption	Registered adoption document is accepted as valid proof.
18	Maintenance of wife	Wife has right to maintenance from husband.
19	Maintenance of widowed daughter-in-law	Widow can claim maintenance from father-in-law.
20	Maintenance of children and parents	Children and parents can claim maintenance.
21	Dependents defined	Lists who are dependents.
22	Maintenance of dependents	Dependents can claim maintenance from estate.
23	Amount of maintenance	Court decides maintenance based on needs and income.
24	Claim against estate	Maintenance can be claimed from property of deceased.
25	Amount can be altered	Maintenance amount can be changed if situation changes.

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