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'A child who was in the womb at the time of the death of an intestate and who is subsequently born…

Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that a child in the womb at the intestate's death who is later born alive inherits as if born before the death, so…

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'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'

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Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that a child in the womb at the intestate's death who is later born alive inherits as if born before the death, so "Statement is correct".

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