Explanation:

Two persons are said to be within the "degrees ofprohibited relationsh4"-

(i) if one is a lineal ascendant of the other; or

(ii) if one was the wife or husband of a lineal ascendant or descendant of the other; or

(iii)if one was the wife of the brother or of the father's or mother's brother or of the grandfather's ' or grandmother's brother of the other; or

(iv)if the two are brother and sister, uncle and niece, aunt and nephew, or children of brother and sister or of two brothers or of two sisters; Explanation - For the purposes of sapinda and prohibited degrees - relationshiv includes:-

(i)relationship by half or uterine blood as. well as by full blood; (ii)illegitimate blood relationshiip as well as legitimate; (iii)relationshijv by adoption as well as by blood; and all terms of relationship in those clauses shall be construed accordingly. [Section 3 Hindu Marriage Act].