https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168352 Property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband devolves, on her dying intestate without issue, on the husband's heirs under Section 15(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, not by escheat to the Government under Section 29, because escheat applies only on a complete failure of heirs. Section 15(1) states the general succession scheme, while Section 15(2)(b) creates a special rule for such inherited property and Section 16 governs the order among the husband's heirs. The text also notes that a decree for possession against mortgagee defendants could not be sustained where the subsistence of the mortgage and the right of redemption had been expressly left open. en-us Wed, 09 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 17:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168352 Property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband devolves, on her dying intestate without issue, on the husband's heirs under Section 15(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, not by escheat to the Government under Section 29, because escheat applies only on a complete failure of heirs. Section 15(1) states the general succession scheme, while Section 15(2)(b) creates a special rule for such inherited property and Section 16 governs the order among the husband's heirs. The text also notes that a decree for possession against mortgagee defendants could not be sustained where the subsistence of the mortgage and the right of redemption had been expressly left open. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 09 Oct 1991 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168352