law: Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 
  5. Adoptions to be regulated by this Chapter 
  (1) No adoption shall be made after the commencement of this Act
  
  by or to a Hindu except in accordance with the provisions contained in this
  
  Chapter, and any adoption made in contravention of the said provisions shall be
  
  void.
  (2) An adoption which is void shall neither create any rights in
  
  the adoptive family in favor of any person which he or she could not have
  
  acquired except by reason of the adoption, nor destroy the rights of any person
  
  in the family of his or her birth.