Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or…
Section 15(2)(a) specially directs property inherited from the woman’s father or mother to the father’s heirs if she dies without a son or daughter, including descendants of…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter):
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Section 15(2)(a) specially directs property inherited from the woman’s father or mother to the father’s heirs if she dies without a son or daughter, including descendants of a predeceased son or daughter. This origin-based exception displaces the ordinary section 15(1) sequence. The corresponding husband-origin rule under section 15(2)(b) is different and does not control parental property.
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