Hindu succession act section 15(2)(a)
Pradip
(Querist) 15 February 2014
This query is : Resolved
Property inherited by a female Hindu from her father and she do not have any child but husband is alive. Will this property go back to fathers heir or her husband
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 16 February 2014
Agree with the expert. An item appeared in news paper as under:
News Item from Times of India dated 16.08.2003.
SC on Hindu woman's inheritance
NEW DELHI: Setting at rest the controversy over inheritance of property belonging to a Hindu married woman who dies without leaving a will (intestate) or issueless, the Supreme Court has ruled that her husband or father-in-law can have no claim over it if she had acquired such an estate from her mother's side.
The Supreme Court said that such cases were covered by section 15(2)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. Under the relevant section: ''Any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs but upon the heirs of the father.''
Kumar Doab
(Expert) 17 February 2014
Ms. Archana is absolutely correct.
