Section 9 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deals with:

Section 9 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 fixes the order among the heirs listed in the Schedule: Class I heirs take "simultaneously and to the exclusion of all other heirs", and in Class II an earlier entry is preferred to a later one. The general rules are in s. 8, and the distribution rules are in s. 10 for Class I and s. 11 for Class II.