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A dies intestate leaving behind two sons and wife. The wife was pregnant at the time of A's death. The…

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

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A dies intestate leaving behind two sons and wife. The wife was pregnant at the time of A's death. The wife gives birth to a male child after seven months of A's death.

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A child in the womb at the intestate's death who is later born alive inherits as if born before the death (Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956), so "the child inherits with effect from the date of A's death".

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