Gopalaswamy 24 July 2018

Sucession act

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As per successuin act I understand under class 1 a property of a female goes to sons and daughters .assume it is agricutural land

assume the wife dies intestate or leaving no will does husband gets a share aling with sins and daughters or not eligible

assume the husband gets it what happens to his share on his death doest it goes back and shared amongest the son and daughter or it is considered as his property and goes amonst his other isdues

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Adv Deepak Joshi +917017821512 (Advocate) 24 July 2018

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 the husband.

(b) secondly, upon the heirs of the husband.

(d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father, and

(e) lastly, upon the heirs of the mother.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),-

(a) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the father, and

(b) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband or from her father-in-law shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter ) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the husband.