https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156863 The extension of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to the Travancore-Cochin area under the Part-B States (Laws) Act, 1951 displaced the Travancore Christian Succession Act, 1092 because the local Act operated in the same field as Chapter II of Part V of the 1925 Act and was a corresponding law expressly repealed by section 6 of the 1951 Act. Section 29(2) of the 1925 Act was treated as a saving or qualifying provision, not as incorporation by reference, so it could not preserve the repealed local law. Intestate succession for Indian Christians in the former Travancore area therefore became governed by the Indian Succession Act, 1925. en-us Mon, 24 Feb 1986 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:11:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156863 The extension of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 to the Travancore-Cochin area under the Part-B States (Laws) Act, 1951 displaced the Travancore Christian Succession Act, 1092 because the local Act operated in the same field as Chapter II of Part V of the 1925 Act and was a corresponding law expressly repealed by section 6 of the 1951 Act. Section 29(2) of the 1925 Act was treated as a saving or qualifying provision, not as incorporation by reference, so it could not preserve the repealed local law. Intestate succession for Indian Christians in the former Travancore area therefore became governed by the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 24 Feb 1986 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=156863