Question

What is the Hindu Succession Act?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Hindu Succession Act of 1956 was passed by the Indian Parliament to alter and codify the law of intestate or unwilled succession among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.

• In one Act, the Act establishes a unified and complete system of inheritance and succession.
• The Act abolishes the Hindu woman’s limited estate. Any property possessed by a Hindu female is to be held by her absolute property and she is given full power to deal with it and dispose it of by will as she likes.
• Parts of this Act was amended in 2005 by the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005.