With reference to Section 18 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, heirs related to an intestate by full…

Under Section 18 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, heirs related to an intestate by full blood are preferred to heirs related by "half blood", if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect. Under Section 3(1)(e), full blood means descent from a common ancestor by the same wife, and half blood means descent from a common ancestor but by different wives.