Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, A dies intestate in 2026. A, his two sons and his daughter are…
Under sections 6(1) and 6(3), the notional partition gives each of the four coparceners one quarter. Sections 8 to 10 give each of A’s three surviving children one third of…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, A dies intestate in 2026. A, his two sons and his daughter are the only members of a Mitakshara coparcenary, and the three children are his only Class I heirs. Assuming no earlier disposition affects their shares, what fraction of the entire coparcenary property does the daughter take?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer A
Under sections 6(1) and 6(3), the notional partition gives each of the four coparceners one quarter. Sections 8 to 10 give each of A’s three surviving children one third of his quarter, or one twelfth of the whole. The daughter therefore takes one quarter in her own right plus one twelfth by succession, for a total of one third.
Option feedback
Option A
The daughter’s own one quarter and her inherited one twelfth add up to one third.
Option B
One quarter is the daughter’s share at the notional partition, before she inherits from A.
Option C
This fraction omits the daughter’s own coparcenary share under the stated law.
Option D
The daughter takes one quarter at the partition and one twelfth by succession.
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