Under Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, the rights of a child born in justo matrimonio have…

Section 20 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that a child in the womb at the intestate's death who is later born alive inherits as if born before the death, with the inheritance vesting from the date of death. This rests on the principle, stated in Mulla's commentary, that the rights of a child born in lawful wedlock (justo matrimonio) have reference to the "moment of conception", not the moment of birth. The law does not let the child pick whichever moment is more beneficial.