Who qualifies as the husband of a female Hindu intestate under section 15(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession…
The husband listed in section 15(1)(a) is the surviving spouse under a marriage subsisting at the intestate's death. This classification is separate from the source-specific…
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Who qualifies as the husband of a female Hindu intestate under section 15(1)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956?
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Correct answer A
The husband listed in section 15(1)(a) is the surviving spouse under a marriage subsisting at the intestate's death.
This classification is separate from the source-specific succession rules in section 15(2).
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Option A
A man whose marriage to the intestate subsisted at her death is her surviving husband.
Option B
A final divorce dissolves the marriage, so the former spouse is not the surviving husband.
Option C
An engagement does not create a marriage or make the fiancé a surviving husband.
Option D
The husband's brother is not the husband named in section 15(1)(a).
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