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Kerala State Legal Services Authority is the statutory body that provides free legal aid to the people of the state of Kerala, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one among the several state Legal Services Authorities in India which were constituted following the Legal Services Authorities Act of 1987 .
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to amend, codify and secularize the law relating to intestate or unwilled succession, among Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs. [1]
Kerala Lok Adalat or Kerala State Legal Services Authority (People's Court) is an statutory and autonomous body and an alternative dispute resolution mechanism used in the state of Kerala. The Kerala Lok Adalat Act is designed to provide constitutional protection guaranteed under Article 14 and 39-A of the Constitution of India , of "ACCESS TO ...
In law, an "heir" (FEM: heiress) is a person who is entitled to receive a share of property from a decedent (a person who died), subject to the rules of inheritance in the jurisdiction where the decedent was a citizen, or where the decedent died or owned property at the time of death.
Heirs Property occurs when a deceased person's heirs or will beneficiaries become owners of property (also known as real property) as tenants in common. [3] When a property is probated, a deceased person either has a will and the property is passed on to the named beneficiary, or a deceased person dies intestate, without a will, and the property could be split among multiple heirs who become ...
It makes it a legal obligation for children and heirs to provide maintenance to senior citizens and parents, by monthly allowance. It also provides simple, speedy and inexpensive mechanism for the protection of life and property of the older persons. After being passed by the Parliament of India, it received President's assent on December 29, 2007.
In most national jurisdictions, the status of a child as a legitimate or illegitimate heir could be changed—in either direction—under the civil law: A legislative act could deprive a child of legitimacy; conversely, a marriage between the previously unmarried parents, usually within a specified time, such as a year, could retroactively ...
Upon the death of the grantee, a designated inheritance such as a parcel of land, a peerage, or a monarchy, passes automatically to that living, legitimate, natural descendant of the grantee who is most senior in descent according to primogeniture, males being preferred, however, over their sisters regardless of relative age; and thereafter the ...