Which section of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides for a deemed partition to calculate a deceased…
Section 6(3) uses a deemed partition immediately before the death to calculate the Mitakshara coparcener's share. The calculation does not require an actual partition.
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Which section of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides for a deemed partition to calculate a deceased Mitakshara coparcener's share?
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Correct answer A
Section 6(3) uses a deemed partition immediately before the death to calculate the Mitakshara coparcener's share. The calculation does not require an actual partition.
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Option A
Section 6(3) deems a partition immediately before the coparcener's death for calculating the deceased's share.
Option B
Section 10 sets out how a male intestate's property is distributed among Class I heirs.
Option C
Section 14 concerns property held by a female Hindu as full owner, subject to its stated exception.
Option D
Section 18 gives full-blood heirs preference over half-blood heirs when the nature of their relationship is otherwise the same.
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