The property of a Hindu woman dying intestate shall devolve firstly upon:-

Under the ordinary order in HSA section 15(1)(a), the woman’s sons and daughters, including children of predeceased children, and her husband take first. Section 15(2) contains source-of-property exceptions when specified inherited property is left without the relevant descendants; the generic question asks the first ordinary category.

Current law: For persons covered by Uttarakhand’s UCC from 27 January 2025, section 49 establishes a common first-tier Class 1 scheme for intestates, including the spouse, children, specified descendants and parents. The 2026 amendment replaces Widow with Spouse in Schedule 2 Class 1 item 3. Thus the current Code scheme for covered persons must be distinguished from HSA’s female-specific section 15 order.