Concept of Full Blood & Half Blood under Hindu Law

  

Q.2. Define the terms Full Blood, Half-Blood and Uterine Blood under Hindu Law?

 

Full blood

According to Section 3(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 "Two persons are said to be related to each other by full blood when they are descended from a common ancestor by the same wife..."

Half blood

According to Section 3(c) of the Act, two persons are said to be related to each other by half-blood when they are descended from a "common ancestor but by different wives".

Uterine blood

According to Section 3(d) of the Act, "two persons are said to be related to each other by uterine blood when they are descended from a common ancestress but by different husbands"

Ancestor includes the father, and ancestress includes the mother. These relationships may be best illustrated by an example of King Pandva Family Chart.

                              

 




 So from this historical family chart of King Pandva we can understand Full Blood, Half-Blood and Uterine Blood.  There is a person King Pandava has two wives, first, one is Kunti and has by her three Children Yudhister, Beem and Arjuna. The second one is Madri and has her two sons Nakul and Sahdev.  Draupadi was the wife of all five brothers and she has five children Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutkarma        Satanika,  Shrutasena

 

Yudhister , Beem and Arjuna are related to each other by full blood because these three brothers have the blood of both the common parents i.e. father and mother.

Nakul and Sahdev are related to each other by full blood because these two brothers have the blood of both the common parents i.e. father and mother.

(Yudhister , Beem and Arjuna) and  (Nakul , Sahdev) are related to each other by half blood because

Among  them they have only the blood of their father in common.

(Yudhister , Beem and Arjuna) & Karan was uterine brothers because between them they have only the blood of their mother in common.

There is no relation between Karan &(Nakul , Sahdev) because neither of the parent was common.

Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shrutkarma , Satanika,  Shrutasena are uterine brothers because between them they have only the blood of their mother in common.

 

These expressions of full-blood, half-blood and uterine blood are important only in determining Sapinda relationships or prohibited degrees in marriages.

 References:-

 

Family law---Paras Diwan

Family law—S.R. Myneni

https://www.iilsindia.com/study-material/880413_1617519779.docx

https://legislative.gov.in/sites/default/files/A2007-06.pdf

https://www.slideshare.net/RashmiDubey21/hindu-marriage-act1955

https://www.indianemployees.com/acts-rules/details/hindu-marriage-act-1955

http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/558/Salient-features-of-the-Hindu-Marriage[1]Act,-1955.html.

http://www.legalservicesindia.com/article/558/Salient-features-of-the-Hindu-Marriage[1]Act,-1955. html

https://www.iilsindia.com/study-material/880413_1617519779.docx

 

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