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  2. Hindu Succession Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The property of a Hindu female dying intestate, or without a will, shall devolve in the following order: upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband, upon the heirs of the husband, upon the father and mother, upon the heirs of the father, and; upon the heirs of the mother.

  3. Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, an amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, received the assent from President of India on 5 September 2005 and was given effect from 9 September 2005. [1] It was essentially meant for removing gender stereotype provisions regarding property rights in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.

  4. Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    Three other important acts were also created during this time: the Hindu Marriage Act (1955), the Hindu Succession Act (1956), and the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (1956). All of these acts were put forth under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, and were meant to modernize the prevailing Hindu legal tradition. The Hindu Minority and ...

  5. Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The other legislations enacted during this time include the Hindu Marriage Act (1955), the Hindu Succession Act (1956), and the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act (1956). All of these acts were put forth under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru , and were meant to codify and standardise the prevailing Hindu legal tradition.

  6. Levirate marriage - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, the Indian Army removed a rule which restricted payment of monetary allowances to widows of gallantry awardees if she marries someone other than the late husband's brother. Previously, the payment of an allowance was continued until her death or until she re-married, unless the new husband was the late husband's brother.

  7. Order of succession - Wikipedia

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    Fiefs and titles granted "in tail male" or to "heirs male" follow this primogenitural form of succession. (Those granted to "heirs male of the body" are limited to the male-line descendants of the grantee; those to "heirs male general" may be inherited, after the extinction of the grantee's male-line descendants, by the male-line descendants of ...

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  9. Line of hereditary succession - Wikipedia

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    In inheritance, a hereditary successor is a person who inherits an indivisible title or office after the death of the previous title holder. The hereditary line of succession may be limited to heirs of the body, or may pass also to collateral lines, in case of extinction of heirs of the body, depending on the succession rules.