Under Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a Hindu may dispose of property by:

Section 30 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides that any Hindu "may dispose of by will or other testamentary disposition any property, which is capable of being so disposed of" under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 or other applicable law. Gifts, partitions and settlements are lifetime transactions governed by other law, not the subject of s. 30.