Section 4 of Hindu Succession Act
Overriding effect of Act.― (1) 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…
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Overriding effect of Act.― (1) 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…
Act not to apply to certain properties.― This Act shall not apply to― (i) any property succession to which is regulated by the Indian Succession Act, 1925 ( 39 of 1925), by reason of the…
Devolution of interest in coparcenary property.― (1) On and from the commencement of the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 (39 of 2005), in a Joint Hindu family governed by the Mitakshara law, the daughter of…
Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom.― (1)When a Hindu to whom the marumakkattayam or nambudri law would have applied if this Act had not been passed dies…
General rules of succession in the case of males.― The property of a male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the provisions of this Chapter:―
Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule.― Among the heirs specified in the Schedule, those in class I shall take simultaneously and to the exclusion of all other heirs; those in the first entry…
Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule.― The property of an intestate shall be divided among the heirs in class I of the Schedule in accordance with the following rules:― (i)…
Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule.― The property of an intestate shall be divided between the heirs specified in any one entry in class II of the Schedule so that…
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.―…