Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 15(2) --- Female Succession - Rules - Property of female Hindu dying intestate shall devolve firstly upon sons and daughters including children of any predeceased son or daughter and the husband...........
Will -- A will cannot be discredited only by the fact that it makes a deviation from the normal line of succession - A Will that defies from the normal line of succession requires a proper proof since the instrument speaks from the grave and it could never be supported by the executant himself...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 30 -- Joint Family Property - Allows a right to a coparcener to make a bequest in relation to his interest in the coparcenary notwithstanding any custom...........
Will -- Legal requirements for proving execution of Will - Summarised : (1) A Will like any other document is to be proved in terms of provisions of Indian Succession Act and the Indian Evidence Act; (2) Onus of proving the Will is on the propounder; (3) Testamentary capability of the propounder must also be established; (4) The execution of the Will by the testator has to..........
Will -- Alterations - Property bequeathed in favour of four daughters - By alteration in the Will name of one daughter deleted - Alteration not attested by testator as per requirement of S.71 of Succession Act - Held, daughter whose name was deleted is entitled to share in property...........
Succession Act, 1925, Section 63 -- Will - Execution of - Legal requirements for proving execution of Will summarized...........
Succession Act, 1925, Section 214, 372, 381 -- Assignment of decree to persons having no right to inherit by way of Will and later through Succession Certificate - Judgment debtor can claim total discharge of the decree debt if he pays the amount to such persons...........
Succession Act, 1925, Section 214, 372, 373, 381 -- Succession certificate - Obtained without disclosing material particulars and near relatives of deceased - Held, such succession certificate has no conclusiveness as contemplated u/s 381 of the Act...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6 -- (As amended) - On and from 9.9.2005, daughter is entitled to a share in the ancestral property and is a coparcener as if she had been a son...........
Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 6(5) -- (As amended) - Amended provision shall not apply to the partition which has been effected before 20.12.2004...........
