https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168384 Section 151 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1954 was treated as governing succession to a tenure-holder's interest, but its reference to "personal law" was read as the law in force when succession opened, not the law existing when the Code was enacted. On that basis, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applied at the female holder's death and the saving clause in section 4(2) did not exclude it. For property inherited from a husband by a female intestate dying issueless, section 15(2)(b) read with section 16 deems the husband to have died immediately after her death, so his heirs are determined at that time. The respondent, as a Class II heir, ranked ahead of the agnates. en-us Tue, 04 Apr 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 11:48:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168384 Section 151 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1954 was treated as governing succession to a tenure-holder's interest, but its reference to "personal law" was read as the law in force when succession opened, not the law existing when the Code was enacted. On that basis, the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 applied at the female holder's death and the saving clause in section 4(2) did not exclude it. For property inherited from a husband by a female intestate dying issueless, section 15(2)(b) read with section 16 deems the husband to have died immediately after her death, so his heirs are determined at that time. The respondent, as a Class II heir, ranked ahead of the agnates. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Apr 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=168384