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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in cases of simultaneous deaths, if evidence proves otherwise:

Section 21 HSA presumes the younger survived the elder only in the absence of evidence to the contrary, so proof establishing the actual order of death rebuts and displaces…

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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, in cases of simultaneous deaths, if evidence proves otherwise:

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Section 21 HSA presumes the younger survived the elder only in the absence of evidence to the contrary, so proof establishing the actual order of death rebuts and displaces that presumption.

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