A child born during a valid marriage between their mother and a man, or within 280 days of the marriage ending (with the mother not having remarried), is presumed to be that man's child — carried forward from the old Evidence Act's Section 112, based on the principle "the father is he whom the marriage indicates."
- This is treated as conclusive proof unless it can be shown the parties had no access to each other at the time the child could have been conceived.
Relevant background if legitimacy, inheritance, or paternity comes up in a family-law matter — the law starts from a strong presumption in favour of the marriage, not a blank slate.
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