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If an intestate deceased has left no heir qualified to succeed his property under Hindu Succession Act,…

Section 29 provides that the government takes the property when the intestate leaves no heir qualified to succeed under the Act. It takes subject to the obligations and…

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If an intestate deceased has left no heir qualified to succeed his property under Hindu Succession Act, 1956 the property shall devolve on:

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Section 29 provides that the government takes the property when the intestate leaves no heir qualified to succeed under the Act. It takes subject to the obligations and liabilities to which an heir would have been subject. The estate does not automatically pass to an orphanage or charitable trust.

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