A Hindu man dies intestate owning self-acquired property. His adult son inherits it under section 8 of…
On these facts the son takes the property in his individual capacity under section 8. His own child acquires no interest in it merely by birth.
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A Hindu man dies intestate owning self-acquired property. His adult son inherits it under section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. What interest does that son’s child acquire in the inherited property by birth alone?
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Correct answer A
On these facts the son takes the property in his individual capacity under section 8. His own child acquires no interest in it merely by birth.
Option feedback
Option A
The son holds the inherited property in his individual capacity on the stated facts.
Option B
The child’s birth does not turn the son’s inheritance under section 8 into coparcenary property.
Option C
The child obtains no fixed share by birth in the son’s individual property.
Option D
There is no coparcenary interest in that property on which a birth-based partition demand could rest.
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