Section 9, Hindu Succession Act, 1956 — Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule

Chapter II · Intestate Succession

9Order of succession among heirs in the Schedule.

Section 9 · Chapter II · General · page 8 of the Act

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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