Which provision of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 removes the distinction between relationship through…
Section 27(a) removes the distinction between kin related through the father and kin related through the mother. Section 23 determines where Part IV applies.
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Which provision of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 removes the distinction between relationship through the deceased's father and relationship through the deceased's mother where Part IV applies?
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Correct answer A
Section 27(a) removes the distinction between kin related through the father and kin related through the mother. Section 23 determines where Part IV applies.
Option feedback
Option A
Section 27(a) puts relationships through the father and through the mother on the same footing for this purpose.
Option B
Section 27(b) removes a distinction between full-blood and half-blood relationships.
Option C
Section 33A concerns a widow where the intestate leaves no lineal descendants, subject to its own scope.
Option D
Section 26 defines collateral consanguinity and how to count degrees of collateral relationship.
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