Hindu Succession Act 1956

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 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…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 17 : Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and atiyasantana laws : 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…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 16 : Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu : 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…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 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…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 14 : Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property : (1)Any property possessed by a female Hindu, whether acquired before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be held by her as full owner thereof and…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 13 : Computation of degrees : (1) For the purposes of determining the order of succession among agnates or cognates, relationship shall be reckoned from the intestate to the heir in terms of degrees of ascent or degrees of descent…

Hindu Succession Act 1956 Section 12 : Order of succession among agnates and cognates : The order of succession among agnates or cognates, as the case may be, shall be determined in accordance with the rules of preference laid down hereunder:― Rule 1 : Of…