Under Section 116 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (corresponding to the former Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872), the birth of a child during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and eighty days after its dissolution, is -

Section 116 of the BSA, 2023 corresponds to the former Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and provides that the fact that any person was born during the continuance of a valid marriage between his mother and any man, or within two hundred and eighty days after its dissolution, the mother remaining unmarried, shall be conclusive proof that he is the legitimate son of that man, unless it can be shown that the parties to the marriage had no access to each other at any time when he could have been begotten. The presumption of legitimacy is conclusive in nature and is rebuttable only by proof of non-access.