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General rules of succession-Male
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The property of the male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve in the following manner
  1. Firstly upon all the heirs, being the relatives specified in Class I;
  2. Secondly, if there is no heir of Class I, then upon heirs being the relatives specified in Class II;
  3. Thirdly if there is no heir of any of the the classes, then upon the agnates of the deceased; (one person is said to be agnate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly through males) and;
  4. Lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the deceased. (One person is said to be a cognate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption but not wholly through male)
CLASS Ist HEIRS
Son
Daughter
Widow
Mother
Son of a predeceased son
Daughter of predeceased son
Widow of predeceased son
Son of a predeceased daughter
Daughter of predeceased daughter
Son of predeceased so of predeceased son
Daughter of predeceased son of a predeceased son
Widow of predeceased son of a predeceased son
CLASS IInd HEIRS
  1. Father
  2. (i) Son's daughter's son, (ii) son's daughter's daughter, (iii) brother, (iv) sister
  3. (i) Daughter's son's son, (ii) daughter's son's daughter, (iii) daughter' daughter's son, (iv) daughter's daughter's daughter.
  4. (i) Brother's son, (ii) sister's son, (iii) brother's daughter, (iv) sister's daughter.
  5. Father's father; father's mother.
  6. Father's widow; brother's widow.
  7. Father's brother; father's sister.
  8. Mother's father; mother's mother
  9. Mother's brother; mother's sister.

Class I heirs take simultaneously to the exclusion of all other heirs Heirs in the first entry of 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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