Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, when the order of two deaths is uncertain, what rebuttable…
Section 21 presumes that the younger survived the elder when the evidence leaves the order of death uncertain. The presumption applies for succession to property and can be…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, when the order of two deaths is uncertain, what rebuttable presumption applies for succession to property?
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Correct answer B
Section 21 presumes that the younger survived the elder when the evidence leaves the order of death uncertain.
The presumption applies for succession to property and can be rebutted.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 21 presumes survival in the opposite order.
Option B
The younger is presumed to have survived the elder until the contrary is proved.
Option C
The law supplies a presumption precisely because the actual order is uncertain.
Option D
Section 21 expressly creates a presumption for succession to property.
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