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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the maintenance of dependants is to be provided…

Section 22(1) binds the heirs to maintain the dependants "out of the estate inherited by them from the deceased". Their personal income and self-acquired property are not…

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Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, the maintenance of dependants is to be provided out of:

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Section 22(1) binds the heirs to maintain the dependants "out of the estate inherited by them from the deceased". Their personal income and self-acquired property are not liable for it.

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