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Rules of succession in the case of Female Hindus
August 17, 2022The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 lays down provisions for the distribution of the property of female Hindus.
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Section 14, gives to a female Hindu an absolute title over the properties which under the traditional Hindu law she held as a limited owner.
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Section 15 of the Act delineates the heirs of a female Hindu and the order in which they are to succeed to her property if she dies intestate.
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Section 16 of the Act provides the manner of distribution of a deceased female Hindu among her heirs.
The property of a female Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the rules set out in section 16 of The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
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firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband
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secondly, upon the heirs of the husband
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thirdly, upon the mother and father
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fourthly, upon the heirs of the father and
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lastly, upon the heirs of the mother
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Order of succession and manner of distribution among heirs of a female Hindu
According to section 15, the distribution of the intestate's property among those heirs shall take place, according to the following rules, namely: -
So if the property of a Hindu female dying intestate is to devolve to the heirs of her husband or her father, then it shall be transferred to them in accordance with the provisions of sections 8 to 12 of the Hindu Succession Act as these sections deal with the rules of succession in case of Hindu males. And if her property is to devolve upon the heirs of her mother, then the property shall devolve upon them in accordance with the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of the Act as if the property is of her mother and not that of the deceased female Hindu.
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