Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, a person is deemed "intestate" when:

Section 3(1)(g) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 deems a person to die intestate "in respect of property of which he or she has not made a testamentary disposition capable of taking effect". A will need not be registered to take effect, and intestacy has nothing to do with the kind of property left or whether Class I heirs survive.