Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, who takes the property of a person who dies intestate without any…
Section 29 directs the property to the Government when no heir is qualified to succeed. The Government takes it subject to the obligations and liabilities to which an heir…
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Under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, who takes the property of a person who dies intestate without any heir qualified to succeed under the Act?
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Correct answer C
Section 29 directs the property to the Government when no heir is qualified to succeed. The Government takes it subject to the obligations and liabilities to which an heir would have been subject.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 29 gives no default succession right to an orphanage.
Option B
Section 29 does not designate a charitable trust.
Option C
The Government is the statutory recipient when qualified heirs fail.
Option D
The Act does not designate a municipal body as a separate successor.
Option E
The statutory recipient appears among the choices.
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