Mera Samvidhaan All of Hindu Succession Act, 1956

Chapter II · Intestate Succession

25Murderer disqualified.

Section 25 · Chapter II · General provisions relating to succession · page 11 of the Act

A person who commits murder or abets the commission of murder shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of the person murdered, or any other property in furtherance of the succession to which he or she committed or abetted the commission of the murder.

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