https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40233 Property inherited by a female Hindu from her mother is excluded from the general intestate succession rule in section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. In such a case, section 15(2)(a) applies as a special rule, so the property devolves through the maternal line rather than under the ordinary order of succession. The statutory scheme read with section 16 therefore does not permit the heirs of the deceased woman's pre-deceased husband to take that property; it devolves on the surviving sister. en-us Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 12:22:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40233 Property inherited by a female Hindu from her mother is excluded from the general intestate succession rule in section 15(1) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. In such a case, section 15(2)(a) applies as a special rule, so the property devolves through the maternal line rather than under the ordinary order of succession. The statutory scheme read with section 16 therefore does not permit the heirs of the deceased woman's pre-deceased husband to take that property; it devolves on the surviving sister. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=40233