Section 28 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 states that:

Section 28 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that "no person shall be disqualified from succeeding to any property on the ground of any disease, defect or deformity", or, save as provided in the Act, on any other ground. The old Hindu law exclusions for congenital idiocy, incurable disease or deformity are gone.