HSA Section 9: Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 · Chapter 2: Intestate succession
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¶9. Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule.―Among the heirs specified in the Schedule, those in class I shall take simultaneously and to the exclusion of all other heirs; those in the first entry in class II shall be preferred to those in the second entry; those in the second entry shall be preferred to those in the third entry; and so on in succession.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 5. Act not to apply to certain properties
- 6. Devolution of interest in coparcenary property
- 7. Devolution of interest in the property of a tarwad, tavazhi, kutumba, kavaru or illom
- 8. General rules of succession in the case of males
- 10. Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the Schedule
- 11. Distribution of property among heirs in class II of the Schedule
- 12. Order of succession among agnates and cognates
- 13. Computation of degrees
- 14. Property of a female Hindu to be her absolute property
- 15. General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus
- 16. Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
- 17. Special provisions respecting persons governed by marumakkattayam and atiyasantana laws
- 18. Full blood preferred to half blood
- 19. Mode of succession of two or more heirs
- 20. Right of child in womb
- 21. Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
- 22. Preferential right to acquire property in certain cases
- 23. [Special provision respecting dwelling-houses.]
- 24. [Certain windows re-marrying may not inherit as windows.]
- 25. Murderer disqualified
- 26. Convert’s descendants disqualified
- 27. Succession when heir disqualified
- 28. Disease, defect, etc., not to disqualify
- 29. Failure of heirs