Disqualification of Heirs under Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Sections 24 to 26 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 provides for disqualification of heirs under Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
- The grounds for Disqualifications –
- Certain widows remarrying - Section 24 of the Hindu Succession Act 1956 disqualifies the widow of a predeceased son, the widow of a brother if, she has remarried.
- Murderer - The person who commits a murder or abets the commission of murder has been disqualified under Section 25 of the Hindu Succession Act.
- Convert’s descendants - Section 26 of the Hindu Succession Act 1956 also disqualifies a convert's descendants from inheritance. A Hindu has ceased to be Hindu by conversion to another religion, children born to him or her after such conversion and their descendants shall be disqualified.
- Succession when heir disqualified - If a person is disqualified from inheriting any property under this Act, it shall devolve as if such person had died before the intestate.
- Section 28 of the HS Act, 1956, provides that, no person shall be disqualified from inhering any property on the ground of any disease, defect or deformity.
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