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AUTHOR'S NAME : SHARAD JOSHI

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B.A LL.B (Hons.)
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.

ARTICLE TITLE:DISQUALIFICATION TO SUCESSION UNDER HINDU SUCEESION ACT

(FAMILY LAW)

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ABSTRACT
Familylawisanareaofthelawthatdealswithfamilyrelatedissuesanddomestic
relationsincluding,butnotlimitedto:

thenatureofmarriage,civilunionsand
domesticpartnership
issuesarisingduringmarriage,includingspouse
abuse,legitimacy,adoption,surrogacy,child
abuse,andchildabduction
theterminationoftherelationshipandancillary
mattersincludingdivorce,annulment,property
settlements,alimony,andparentalresponsiblity
orders.

Familylawisthebroadterm.Thescopeoffamilylawissubjectiveinnature.There
aredifferentbranchesoffamilylawThemostimportantpartunderfamilylawis
HinduSuccessionAct1956.InthisarticleImainlyfocusedonlawsrelatedto
disqualificationUnderHinduSuccessionAct1956,whatoldHindulawandModern
Hindulawssaysaboutdisqualificationthis,Therearecertainlawsrelatedto
disqualificationlawlikeCertainwidowsremarryingmaynotinheritaswidows:,
murdererdisqualified,convertsdecedentsdisqualified,successionwhenheir
disqualified.Thereisoneexceptiontodisqualificationinwhichpersonshallnotbe
disqualifiedwhenDisease,defect,etc.nottodisqualifythisarticleIhavediscussed
scope,applicabilityofallthesectionrelatedtodisqualificationtosuccession.Iwent
throughvariouscaselaws,legislativeactswhichhelpedmethroughout.After
completionofmyresearchworkIhavegivensomesuggestionsfordisqualification
tosuccessionlikestepmothershouldbedisqualifiedundersection24ofHindu
SuccessionAct,1956.Unsuccessfulattempttomurdershouldalsobeincludedinthe
ambitofS.25,Unchastityofawidowshouldalsobeagroundof
disqualification,Offenseslikerape&tortureshouldalsobeagroundfor
disqualificationbythisIhaveconcludedmyresearchwork.InthisResearchworkI
havetriedtofulfillalltheloopholesofdisqualificationtosuccession.

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DISQUALIFICATION TO SUCCESSION UNDER HINDU SUCCESSION

ACT 1956
Introduction
Lawsaresocialdigester'sandseldomaretheyneutral.TheyhaveMasculineflavor
especiallywithreferencetofamilylaws.Makingoflaws,administeringthelawsor
resolutionofdisputesarisingoutofimplementationoflawsaretotallyconsideredof
male bastion and equitable gestures, if any, towards women came out of mens
sympathies for womens problems. The principle of equality is equated with
samenesstreatmentinaninherentlyunequalsociety.
The Hindu succession act 1956 came with the objective of providing a
comprehensiveanduniformschemeofintestatesuccessionforHindus.
AsIhaveresearchedontheDisqualificationunderthistopic,AccordingtoHindu
law, the inheritance rights of person were not absolute. Despite the nearness of
relationship,apersoncouldstillbedisqualifiedfrominheritingpropertyonaccount
ofhiscertainphysicalormentalinfirmities,oraspecificconduct.thisexclusionfrom
inheritancewasnotmerelyonreligiousgrounds,anincapabilitytoperformreligious
rites,butdependeduponsocialandmoralgroundsandbodilydefectsaswell.Asheir
undertheclassicallaw,couldbeexcludedfrominheritanceonthefollowinggrounds.
1.Mentalinfirmities
2.Physicaldefects
3.Diseases
4.Conduct
My researchismainly focusedonthelaw enforcementof Hindusuccession act,
2005, laws related to Murderer in context of disqualification, Consequence of
disqualificationandunderwhichcircumstancespersonshallnotbebedisqualified
fromsucceedingtoanyproperty.
OldHinduLaw1
UnderoldHinduLawtheinheritancerightsofapersonwerenotabsolute
andtherewereseveraldisqualificationsbasedonmentalinfirmities,physicaldefects,
diseasesandconduct.Despitethenearnessofrelationship,apersoncouldstillbe
Dr.DiwanParas,ModernHinduLaw,(2005),Ed.7th,Edition.

disqualified from inheriting property on account any of the above mentioned

disqualifications. This exclusion from inheritance was not mere on religious
grounds,2viz,anincapabilitytoperformreligiousrites,butdependeduponsocialand
moralgroundsandbodilydefectsaswell.
ModernHinduLaw3
ThelawrelatingtosuccessionforHindusisgovernedbyHinduSuccessionAct,
1956.UnderthisActSections24to28dealwithdisqualificationsofheirs.Section28
laysdownthatnopersonshallbedisqualifiedfromsucceedingtoanypropertyon
anygroundexceptthoseexpresslymentionedintheActandtheyareasfollows:
1.

In case of remarriage by certain widows

mentionedunderS.244

2. IncaseofmurderfallingunderS.25
3. Incaseofconversiontoanotherreligionasper
S.26
LawsofDisqualifications.
Section24.Certainwidowsremarryingmaynotinheritaswidows:Anyheirwhois
related to an intestate as the widow of a predeceasedson, the widow of a pre
deceasedsonofapredeceasedsonorthewidowofabrothershallnotbeentitledto
succeedtothepropertyoftheintestateassuchwidow,ifonthedatethesuccession
opens,shehasremarried.
Purposeofthesection:
IntheobjectsandreasonsappendedtoHinduSuccessionBill13of1954(S.28of
thesebillcorrespondstoS.24ofthesaidAct)itwasstatedtheprincipleunderlying
thisclauseisthatthewidowisthesurvivinghalfofherhusband,andtherefore,when
sheremarries,sheceasestocontinuetobesuch(Section2oftheHinduWidowRe
marriage Act, 1856), on this basis divested the inheritance already vested in the
widow on her remarriage. As the law stands, remarriage disables a widow of a
gotrajasapindafromsucceedingtothepropertyofamaleHinduwhenonthedate
successionopens,shehasceasedtobethewidowofagotrajasapindabyreasonof
remarriage.
SurayyaV.Sabbamma(1920)ILR43Mad4
Ibid3
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Now,Section24,omittedbyAct39of2005,Section5(w.e.f992005)
2
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Ambitofthesection:
Under the hold Hindu law, certain familys heirs if they had married before
successionopenedweredisqualifiedfrominheriting thepropertyofthedeceased
intestate.Underthewidowremarriageact1956,ifaHinduwidowremarried,shewas
divestedofthepropertyofherhusbandwhichhadvestedinherasheir.
Under this section only three female heirs are disqualified from inheriting the
propertyoftheintestateiftheyremarriedbeforehisdeath.Thesefemalesare:(i)
sons widow, (ii) sons sons widow and (iii) brothers widow. No other widow
exceptthesethreeisdisqualifiedfrominheritanceevenifshehadremarriedbefore
theintestatedied.Evenfatherswidowincludingstepmotheralsoisnotdisqualified
frominheritanceevenifsheremarriedbeforethesuccessionopened.Alsoonesown
widowwillnotbedivestedofthepropertyalreadyvestedinher,onherremarriage.
Ifanyofthesethreewidowshaveremarriedbeforethedeathoftheintestatethey
incurdisqualification
Inthesesectionintestateswidowisalsonotdisqualifiedbecauseintestateswidows
remarriagebeforesuccessionopensdoesnotarise,asevenifshehad,marrieda
secondtimehermarriagewouldbevoid,andavoidmarriageisnomarriage.Inother
wordssheremainstobeamemberoftheintestatesfamilyevenisshehasmarried
beforeintestatesdeathbecausesheisalreadymarriedandsecondmarriagecannot
subsistandsoitisvoid.Sincethereisnosecondmarriagesheremainstobethe
memberofthefamilyandhencesheisentitledtoinherittheproperty.
Applicabilityofthesection:
Thesectionappliesonlytointestatesuccession.Thetestamentarysuccession
isbeyondthescopeofthissection,sinceatestatorhaspowertolaydowninhiswill
anyconditionsonwhichalegateewilltakethelegacy.
ThesectionappliesonlytoClassIandClassIIheirsofaHindumale.Itis
submittedthatthequestionofitsapplicationinothercasesdoesnotarise,ascognates
andagnatesareallbloodrelations.Infact,evenamongClassIandClassIIheirs
onlyfiveheirsarerelationsbyaffinity.Theseare:(1)intestatesownwidow,(2)
sonswidow(3)sonssonswidow(4)fatherswidow(5)brotherswidow.Thefirst
threeareinClassIandlasttwoareinClass,category(VI).Ofthesethequestionof
intestateswidowsremarriagebeforesuccessionopensdoesnotariseanditsreason
isalreadybeenexplainedabove.Onlyfatherswidowisallowedtoinheritevenifshe
hadmarried.Theotherthreewidowsaredisqualifiedunderthissection.5
Dr.DiwanParas,LawofIntestateandTestamentarySuccession,Ed.2nd,

universalLawPublishingCo.Pvt.Ltd.

Reasonforomissionofthissection:
Section24wassimplysuperfluousandredundant.Henceitsomissiondidnotcreate
anysignificantlossandthissectionwasnolongerofanyusewhichfinallyresulted
intotheomissionbytheAmendmentActof2005.
Section25.Murdererdisqualified:Apersonwhocommitsmurderorabetsthe
commissionofmurdershallbedisqualifiedfrominheritingthepropertyoftheperson
murdered,oranyotherpropertyinfurtheranceofthesuccessiontowhichheorshe
committedorabettedthecommissionofthemurder.
Purpose:
The doctrinaire theory that provisions of a statute of distribution are
paramountandforbidtheconsiderationofanydisqualificationnotcontainedinthe
statuteitself,wasdiscountenancedbytheJudicialCommitteeofthePrivy
ThesectionhastheeffectoflayingdownthatapersonwhocommitsMurderorabets
thecommissionofmurderisdisqualifiedfrominheriting
(1)Thepropertyofthepersonmurdered;or
(2)AnyotherpropertyhemaybecomeentitledtosucceedbyreasonOffurtherance
ofsuccessionresultingfromthemurder.Itisnotnecessaryfortheapplicationofthis
section that the person Disqualified should have been convicted of murder or
abetment of murder. The disqualification will apply if it is established in any
subsequentproceedingThatthepersontobedisqualifiedhadcommittedorabetted
themurder.Thusifthecasewasoneofsuicideandtherewasnocaseofabatement,
Suchapersonwouldnotbedisqualified.ItstandstoreasonthatapersonProsecuted
formurderbutacquittedofthechargewouldnotbedisqualified.
Application:
Thesectionappliestobothintestateandtestamentarysuccession. 6Thesection
definitelyappliesinthecaseswherethepropertyistobeinheritedaspertheActbut
italsoapplieswherethetestatorhasleftbehindthewill.Theprincipleofthissection
applies also to testamentary succession. The High court of Madras has held in
Sarvanabhaba V. Sellammalthattherewasnodistinctionbetweeninheritanceand
testamentarysuccessiontothepropertyofthepersonmurderedandthemurdererof
thetestatorisnotentitledtothepropertybequeathedtohimunderthewill.The
followingpassagefromManthaRamamurthys,LawofWillsalsosuggestthesame
supra7

Itissettledlawthatamurderisnotentitledtosucceedtotheestateofhisvictim.A
mancannotslayhisbenefactorandsustainhisbounty.Itisequallyclearthatnotitle
totheestateofthepersonmurderedcanbeclaimedthroughthemurder,thatthe
murderercannotberegardedasafreshstockofdescent.7Amurdererwhoisguiltyof
murderingthetestatorcannottakeanybenefitunderhiswill.
The section applies to succession under the Act. It does not apply to
successionunderanyotherenactmentsorprovisiongovernedunderanyotherstatute,
forexampletheU.PZamindariAbolitionandLandReformsAct.
Section 26. Converts descendants disqualified:Where, before or after the
commencement of this Act, a Hindu has ceased or ceases to be a Hindu by
conversiontoanotherreligion,childrenborntohimorheraftersuchconversionand
theirdescendantsshallbedisqualifiedfrominheritingthepropertyofanyoftheir
Hindurelatives,unlesssuchchildrenordescendantsareHindusatthetimewhenthe
successionopens
Scope:
UndertheoldHindulawconversionbyaHindutoanotherreligionwasadisqualification
whichwasremovedbytheCastedisabilitiesRemovalAct,1850.EvenunderthisAct,
whenaHindubecomesaconverttoanotherreligionhecontinuestohavearighttoinherit
fromhisHindurelativebutdescendantsofaconvertaredisqualifiedfrominheritingthe
intestate.ItislaiddownunderthissectionthatwhereaHinduceasedtobeaHinduby
convertingtoanyreligionwhetherbeforeorafterthecommencementofthisAct,the
children born to him or her after such conversion and their descendants shall be
disqualifiedfrominheritingthepropertyofanyoftheirHindurelativesunlesschildrenor
descendantsareHinduswhenthesuccessionopens.
CeasingtobeaHindu
Thissectionisnotconcernedwiththerightofsuccessionoftheconvert,i.e.,ofthe
personwhohadceasedtobeaHindu.Itmerelydisqualifieshisdescendantsfrom
inheritingthepropertyoftheintestate.AHinduconverttoanotherreligionisnot
disqualified from inheritance even if he is a nonHindu when succession opens.
Similarly,hischildrenborntohimbeforehisconversionarealsonotdisqualified.
Thisdisqualificationalsodoesnotapplytodescendantsofthechildbornbeforethe
conversionofhiorherparent,thoughdescendantsmaybebornafterconversion.
Thus, an heir who converts to a nonHindu religion either before or after the
commencementoftheActisnotdisqualifiedandwillbeheirofthedeceasedHindu.8
ManiV.Paru;AIR1960ker195at196
Ibid17

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InSubramanian V. Vijayarani9 MadrasHighcourthasheldthatthecareful

readingofS.26oftheHinduSuccessionActwouldestablishthataHinduceasedto
beaHindubyconversiontoanotherreligionandthechildrenborntohimorherafter
suchconversionshallbedisqualifiedfrominheritingthepropertiesoftheirhindu
relatives.IncaseofE.RameshV.P.Rajini10itwasheldbythecourtthattheclaim
forsharebythedaughterinthepropertiesofherparentscouldnotberesistedbyher
brothersonthegroundthatshehadmarriedaMuslimandwouldnotbeentitledto
anyshare.
Descendantsoftheconvert:
Thedisqualificationofdescendantsofaconvertrequirestwoconditionstobe
fulfilled:
Thechildrenarethosewhoareborntohimafterhisconversion.
TheyortheirdescendantsarenotHinduswhensuccessionopens.
Thesectionlaysdownthatconvertschildrenborntohimafterconversion,andthe
descendantsofsuchchildrenaredisqualifiedasheirsoftheHinduintestateonlyif
they are nonHindu when succession opens. If they are Hindus (obviously by
conversion) when succession opens they are not disqualified. If they convert to
Hinduismafterthesuccessionhasopened,theycontinuetobedisqualified.
UnderthissectionthedescendantsofHinduconverttononHindureligioncannot
inheritthepropertyofaHindurelative;converselyHindurelationscannotsucceedto
theirproperty.
Applicability:
Thissectionhasnoapplicationtotestamentarysuccessionwherethetermsof
the testamentgoverntherulesof successionbutitisonlyapplicabletointestate
succession.
ProspectiveorRetrospective:
Section26ispartlyprospectiveandpartlyretrospective.Itisprospectiveinthesense
thatthedisqualificationunderthesectionwillariseonlyifsuccessionopensafterthe
commencementofthisAct.Ifthesuccessionopenedearlierandtheintestatedied
before the Act came into force, the law prevailing at the time will operate. The
(2001)2MLJ444
(1999)1MPLJ69

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sectionisretrospectiveinoneaspectinthatthesectionwillapplyalsotoacase
wheretheconversionhadtakenplacepriortothecommencementofthisAct.
Section27. Successionwhenheirdisqualified:Ifanypersonisdisqualifiedfrom
inheritinganypropertyunderthisAct,itshalldevolveasifsuchpersonhaddied
beforetheintestate.
Thesectionlaysdownthegeneralrelatingtotheeffectofdisabilitydisqualification
resultingfromanyofthecausesmentionedinthegroupofsection24to28andisin
accordancewiththeruleofHindulawthatwhereheirisdisqualified,thenextheirof
thedeceasedsucceedsasifthedisqualifiedpersonhaddiedbeforetheintestate.A
disqualifiedpersontransmitsnointeresttohisorherownheir.Itmaybenotedthat
asageneralruledisqualificationfrominheritanceispurelypersonalanddoesnot
extendstoissueofthedisqualifiedheirunlessthereisanyprovisionoflawtothe
contrariestheprovisionrelatingtothedecedentsofconvertofHinduism.
Ambitofthesection:
Thissectionprovidesforconsequencesofdisqualificationsincurredbyan
heirfrominheritingunderanyprovisionoftheAct.Thissectionlaysdownthateven
thoughthedisqualifiedheirisalive,hewillbedeemedtobenotinexistence.The
property of the intestate shall devolve as if such person had died before the
intestate11.
Consequenceofdisqualification:
Under this section a disqualified heir is deemed to have died before the
intestate,itfollowsthatnopersoncanclaimtherightofinheritancetothepropertyof
theintestatethroughhimorher.Thewordbeforeusedinthesectionmakesit
abundantlyclearthatthepropertydoesnotvestinthedisqualifiedheir,andifitdoes
notvestinhim,hecannotbethemediumofpassingpropertytoothers.Inother,
wordsadisqualifiedheircannotbeafreshstockofdescentandapersonclaiming
through the disqualified heir cannot succeed. But it makes no difference to the
applicationoftherulewhethertheconvertceasedtobeaHindubeforeorafterthe
commencementofthisAct.
(e)Section28.Disease,defect,etc.nottodisqualify:Nopersonshallbedisqualified
fromsucceedingtoanypropertyonthegroundofanydisease,defectordeformity,or
saveasprovidedinthisAct,onanyothergroundwhatsoever.

Desai.S.A.,MullaHinduLawVol.II,Ed.19th,LexisNexis,Butterworths.

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Certain defects, deformities and diseases see notes on excluded an heir from
inheritance.ThiswassubstantiallyremediedbytheHinduInheritance(Removalof
Disabilities)Act1928,whichruledthat'noperson,otherthanapersonwhoisand
hasbeenfrombilthalunaticoridiot,shallbeexcludedfrominheritanceorfromany
rightorshareinjointfamilypropertybyreasononlyofanydisease,deformityor
physicalormentaldefect'.Thepresentsectiondiscardsalmostallthegrou1,which,
exclusionfrominheritance.Itrulesoutdisqualificationonanygroundwhatsoever
accepting those expressly recognized by any provisions of: Act. Unchastity of a
widowisnotadisqualificationunderthenorisconversionofanheirtoanyother
religionadisqualificationundertheHinduSuccessionAct.
The section is not retrospective. The section comes into operation only in cases
where succession opens after the commencement of this Act. Where succession
openedpriortothecommencementoftheAct,itwasheldthatthesectionnotbeing
retrospective, an unchaste was not entitled to take shelter under this section.12
SimilarlyinoneanothercaseofAnhia V. Bajnath13 astepmotherofthedeceased
intestate female remarried prior to the commencement of this Act, though the
intestatewomandiedafterthecommencementofthisAct,itwasheldthatthestep
motherwasnotentitledtoinheritasshewasdisqualified.
Applicability:Thesectionappliestobothtestamentaryandintestatesuccession.
SUGGESTIONS:
Sections24to28ofHSAdealswithdisqualificationstosuccessionandthese
provisions are explained in great detail in above chapter. From these detailed
discussionitcanbeinferredthatundertheseActdisqualificationtakesplaceonlyin
caseofremarriagebythewidowsmentionedinS.24,murderorabetmenttomurder
forfurtheranceofchanceofproperty(S.25)andbyconversion(S.26).Ithasbeen
expresslyprovidedinS.28thatallothergroundsofdisqualificationswhichwere
prevalentpriortothecommencementofthisActhavebeenabolishedexceptthose
expresslymentionedunderthisAct.Duetotheseseveralgroundssuchasunchastity,
lunacy,idiocy,physicaldeformity,disease,specificconduct,etcarenomoregrounds
ofdisqualifications.UnderoldHindulaw,blindness,deafness,dumbness,wantof
limb or organ, lunacy, idiocy, leprosy and other incurable disease disqualified a
personfrominheritingbuttheHinduInheritance(RemovalofDisabilities)Act,1928
declaredthatnopersonshallbeexcludedfrominheritanceonanyofthesegrounds
unless he was from birth lunatic or an idiot but this Act have removed this
disqualification provided under Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act,
1928.
AppaSahibV.GurubaswaAIR1960Mys79;VedavyasRaoV.NarayanaRaoAIR1962Mys18
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Thefollowingshouldbeincludedinthedisqualificationtosuccession:
a.StepmothershouldbedisqualifiedunderS.24

IntheoriginalHindusuccessionBill13of1954,clause28correspondingto
S.24ofHSAincludedfatherswidow.Soiffatherswidowremarriedthenshewas
disqualified from inheritance. But in the amended Bill and in the Act, fathers
widowhasbeendeletedandthereasonbehindthisisthatfatherswidowincludes
bothmotherandstepmotherandmotherisentitledtoinheritthepropertyinherown
right and not as an widow of father and so her remarriage should have no
consequence.
b.UnsuccessfulattempttomurdershouldalsobeincludedintheambitofS.25.
ThescopeofS.25isquietimpressiveandisverywelldraftedtoincludemurdereror
anabettorofmurderofeitheranintestateorofanypersonforfurtheranceofsuch
property. The section disqualifies a murderer or an abettor from inheriting
thepropertyofthedeceasedbutitinnowayincludesthepersonwhohastriedto
murdertheintestateoranyotherpersonforfurtheranceofpropertybuthassomehow
failedtodosowhichresultedintoanunsuccessfulattempt.
Thusinordertoservethepurposeofthesectionandonthegroundsofjustice,equity
andgoodconscienceevenanunsuccessfulattempttomurdershouldalsobeincluded
intheambitofthesection.
c.Unchastityofawidowshouldalsobeagroundofdisqualification
UnderoldHinduLawunchastitywasagroundfordisqualificationanditwas
based on the ground of family prestige, social cohesion and ethics. But S.28
specificallylasdownthatnopersonshallbedisqualifiedfromsucceedingtoany
propertyonanyothergroundexceptthosespecificallymentionedinthesaidAct.In
HSAunchastityhasnotbeenmentionedspecificallyasagroundofdisqualification
andsoasperS.28itisnomoreagroundofdisqualification.
d.Offenseslikerape&tortureshouldalsobeagroundfordisqualification
InHSAthereisnoprovisionfordisqualificationforapersoncommittingeitherrape
ortorturetointestateortopersonfromwhomhehastosucceed.
Conclusion
The principle of equality is equated with sameness treatment in an intrinsically unequal
society.LawofsuccessionunderHSAisdealtbySs.24to28andwithrespecttothesesections
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apersoncanbedisqualifiedonlyincaseofremarriagebyfewwidowsexpresslymentionedin
thesection,whenapersoncommitsmurderforfurtheranceofpropertyandwhenapersonisa
descendantofaconvert.Underonlythesethreecircumstancesapersoncanbedisqualifiedto
inheritandrestalldisqualificationsprevalentunderoldHinduLawareabolished.
Accordingtomyviewthefollowingshouldbeincludedinthedisqualificationof
successionthereisnodoubtthatthesesectionsenactedbythelegislaturesarewellfounded
andithasdoneagreatjobinprovidingfewspecificgroundsofdisqualifications.Butin
respecttoabovediscussionitissubmittedthatfewothergroundsofdisqualificationsshould
beaddedinadditiontothosealreadymentionedandtheyareasfollows:
1. Stepmothershouldbedisqualifiedonre
marriageunderS.24
2. Unsuccessful attempt of murder should
also be a ground to disqualification to
successionunderS.25
3. Unchaste women should also be
disqualified
4. Apersoncommittingrapeofpersonfrom
whomheisgoingtoinheritshouldalsobe
disqualified.
5. Apersontorturinganotherpersonshould
alsobedisqualifiedtoinherittheproperty
ofthatanotherperson.
Hence it is submitted that the present law of disqualification under HSA is
appropriateforHindulawandassuchthereisnoneedforanykindofchangeor
alteration in these law except that some other grounds of disqualifications as
mentionedaboveshouldalsobeaddedinHinduSuccessionAct,1956.
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