Match each topic in List I with its provision in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. List I A. Right of a…
Section 20 gives a child in the womb when the intestate died the same right to inherit as if born before the death, provided the child is subsequently born alive. Section 25…
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Match each topic in List I with its provision in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
List I
A. Right of a child in the womb
B. Disqualification for murder or abetment of murder
C. Succession when an heir is disqualified
D. Disqualification of a convert’s descendants
List II
I. Section 25
II. Section 26
III. Section 20
IV. Section 27
Choose the complete matching code.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
Section 20 gives a child in the womb when the intestate died the same right to inherit as if born before the death, provided the child is subsequently born alive.
Section 25 disqualifies a murderer or abettor from inheriting the victim’s property and property whose succession the crime was intended to further.
Section 26 concerns post-conversion children and their descendants inheriting from Hindu relatives. The disqualification does not apply if they are Hindus when succession opens.
Section 27 treats the disqualified heir as having died before the intestate.
Option feedback
Option A
The child in the womb is covered by section 20, rather than section 25 on murder or abetment.
Option B
Section 25 fits murder or abetment, but section 26 concerns a convert’s descendants and cannot be matched to the child in the womb.
Option C
The mapping is section 20 for a child in the womb, section 25 for murder or abetment, section 27 for the effect of disqualification and section 26 for a convert’s descendants.
Option D
Section 27 gives the effect of disqualification. It does not govern the right of the child in the womb.
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