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Indian Succession Act 1925

Act 39 of 1925 — domicile, intestate and testamentary succession.

The sections below are the ones the LL.B. papers examine on this Act, with the unit that covers each and the cases decided on it. The official text is on India Code ↗.

Sections in the syllabus

s. Sections 15 and 16

Covered in Unit 3 · Applicable Law — Family Matters.

s. s. 5, with ss. 6 to 19

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. s. 51, with ss. 50 and 53 to 56

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. s. 63, with ss. 67 and 213

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. s. 118

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. ss. 2(b), 63, 70, 213 and 222

Covered in Unit 4 · Succession, Guardianship, Adoption and RTI.

s. ss. 2(f), 222, 223, 237, 276, 280, 281 and 282, with ss. 212-213

Covered in Unit 4 · Succession, Guardianship, Adoption and RTI.

s. ss. 2(h), 57, 59, 61, 63, 65-66 and 70

Covered in Unit 4 · Succession, Guardianship, Adoption and RTI.

s. ss. 29, 30, 31, 57 and 58

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. ss. 33, 33A, 34 and 35

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. ss. 105 to 109, with ss. 150 and 152

Covered in Unit 4 · The Indian Succession Act 1925.

s. ss. 370, 371, 372, 373-374, 375, 376 and 381

Covered in Unit 4 · Succession, Guardianship, Adoption and RTI.

s. the Act is silent; the certificate is issued administratively by revenue officers

Covered in Unit 4 · Succession, Guardianship, Adoption and RTI.