Sub-section (2) of Section 15 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956:

Section 15(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 opens "Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1)" and, where she leaves no son or daughter or their children, sends property she inherited from her father or mother to her father's heirs, and property inherited from her husband or father-in-law to her husband's heirs. It covers both kinds of inherited property, but not her self-acquired property.