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Which relative is outside Class I of the Schedule to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 for succession to a…

The father appears in the first entry of Class II. Class I includes the mother and both listed descendant relationships, including a daughter of a predeceased daughter of a…

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Which relative is outside Class I of the Schedule to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 for succession to a male Hindu dying intestate?

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The father appears in the first entry of Class II. Class I includes the mother and both listed descendant relationships, including a daughter of a predeceased daughter of a predeceased son.

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Option A

The Schedule expressly lists this descendant in Class I.

Option B

This descendant was added to Class I by the 2005 amendment.

Option C

The father is in entry I of Class II.

Option D

The Schedule expressly lists the mother in Class I.

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