Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 6 : [Guardianship in marriage] : Omitted by the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Act, 1978, (2 of 1978), s. 6 and Schedule (w.e.f. 1-10-1978). हिन्दू विवाह अधिनियम १९५५ धारा ६ : (विवाह में अभिभावकता ) : बाल विवाह अवरोध (संशोधन)…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Hindu Marriages : Section 5 : Conditions for a Hindu marriage : A marriage may be solemnized between any two Hindus, if the following conditions are fulfilled, namely: (i) neither party has a spouse living at the time of the marriage;…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 4 : Overriding effect of Act : Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act,— (a) any text rule or interpretation of Hindu law or any custom or usage as part of that law in force immediately before the commencement…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 3 : Definitions : In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) the expressions "custom" and "usage" signify any rule which, having been continuously and uniformly observed for a long time, has obtained the force of law among Hindus…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 2 : Application of Act : (1) This Act applies (a) to any person who is a Hindu by religion in any of its forms or developments, including a Virashaiva, a Lingayat or a follower of the Brahmo, Prarthana or…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 1.[Act No. 25 Of 1955] [18th May, 1955.] Statement of Objects and Reasons : The Hindu Code as drafted by the Rau Committee was introduced in the Legislative Assembly in 1947 and was referred to a Select Committee of the Constituent…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 The Schedule : (See section 8) Heirs In Class I And Class II Class I : Son; daughter; widow; mother; son of a pre-deceased son; daughter of a pre-deceased son; son of a pre-deceased daughter; daughter of a pre-deceased daughter; widow…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Chapter IV : Repeals : Section 31 : [Repeals.] : Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1960 (58 of 1960), s.2 and the First Schedule (w.e.f. 26-12-1960). हिन्दू उत्तराधिकार अधिनियम १९५६ अध्याय ४ : निरसन : धारा ३१ : निरसन…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Chapter III : Testamentary Succession : Section 30 : Testamentary succession : 1.[***] Any Hindu may dispose of by will or other testamentary disposition any property, which is capable of being so 2.[disposed of by him or by her], in accordance…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Escheat : Section 29 : Failure of heirs : If an intestate has left no heir qualified to succeed to his or her property in accordance with the provisions of this Act, such property shall devolve on the Government; and the…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 28 : Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify : No person shall be disqualified from succeeding to any property on the ground of any disease, defect or deformity, or save as provided in this Act, on any other ground whatsoever.
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 27 : Succession when heir disqualified : If any person is disqualified from inheriting any property under this Act, it shall devolve as if such person had died before the intestate.
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 26 : Convert’s descendants disqualified : Where, before or after the commencement of this Act, a Hindu has ceased or ceases to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion, children born to him or her after such conversion and…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 25 : Murderer disqualified : A person who commits murder or abets the commission of murder shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of the person murdered, or any other property in furtherance of the succession to which he or…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 23 : [Special provision respecting dwelling-houses] : Omitted by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (39 of 2005), s. 4 (w.e.f. 9-9-2005). हिन्दू उत्तराधिकार अधिनियम १९५६ धारा २३ : (निवास-गृह के बारे में विशेष उपबन्ध : (हिन्दू उत्तराधिकार (संशोधन )…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 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…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 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…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 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…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 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…
Hindu Succession Act 1956 General provisions relating to succession : Section 18 : Full blood preferred to half blood : 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…