Section 24 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 24. Certain Widows Remarrying May Not Inherit As Windows.- Any heir who is related to an intestate as the widow of a pre-deceased son, the widow of a pre-deceased son of a pre-deceased son, or the widow of a brother shall not be entitled to succeed to
Section 23 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 23. Special provision respecting dwelling houses. – Where a Hindu intestate has left surviving him or her both male and female heirs specified in class I of the Schedule and his or her property includes a dwelling-house wholly occupied by members of his or her family, then,
Section 22 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 22. Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases.— (1) Where, after the commencement of this Act, an interest in any immovable property of an intestate, or in any business carried on by him or her, whether solely or in conjunction with others, devolves upon two or more
Section 21 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 21. Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths.— Where two persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain whether either of them, and if so which, survived the other then, for all purposes affecting succession to property, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the
Section 20 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 20. Right of child in womb.— A child who was in the womb at the time of the death of an intestate and who is subsequently born alive shall have the same right to inherit to the intestate as if he or she had been born before
Section 19 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 19. Mode of succession of two or more heirs.— If two or more heirs succeed together to the property of an intestate, they shall take the property,— (a) save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, per capita and not per stirpes; and (b) as tenants-in-common and not as
Section 18 The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 18 of Hindu Succession Act “Full Blood preferred to half blood” Section 18. Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect. Complete: the-hindu-succession-act-1956
Section 17 The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 17 of Hindu Succession Act “Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and aliyasantana laws” Section 17. The provisions of sections 8, 10, 15 and 23 shall have effect in relation to persons who would have been governed by the marumakkattayam law or aliyasantana law if this
Section 16 The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 Section 16 of Hindu Succession Act “Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu” Section 16. The order of succession among the heirs referred to in section 15 shall be, and the distribution of the intestate’s property among those heirs shall take place
Section 15 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 15. General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus.— (1) The property of a female Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the rules set out in section 16,— (a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and