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Indian Succession Act 1925
Indian Succession Act 1925
This Part shall not apply if the deceased was a Hindu, Muhammadan,
Buddhist, Sikh or Jaina.
Law regulating succession to deceased person’s
immoveable Property
• Law of the country in which such person had his domicile at the
time of his death
• If a person dies leaving moveable property in India, in the absence
of proof of any domicile elsewhere, succession to the property is
regulated by the law of India.
• A, having his domicile in India, dies in France, leaving moveable
property in France, moveable property in England, and property,
both moveable and immoveable, in India. The succession to the
whole is regulated by the law of India.
Types of Domicile
Major
Sound mind
Married or unmarried
Sanity in intervals
Free consent
Types of will
Privileged Wills:
Unprivileged soldier in warfare,
Wills airman so engaged
or mariner at sea
Execution of unprivileged wills (sec 63-64)
Signature of Intention to
testator make a will
Incorporation Attestation by
of papers by two or more
reference witnesses
Execution of Privileged Wills -Oral or in writing (sec 65-66)
• Writing by hand requires no sign
• Written by other and sign by testator requires no attestation
• Written by other without signature requires evidence that it was written under testator's guidance
• written instructions for the preparation of his will, but has died before it could be prepared
• in the presence of two witnesses, given verbal instructions for the preparation of his will, and they
have been reduced into writing in his lifetime, but he has died before the instrument could be
prepared
• A will made by word of mouth shall be null at the expiration of one month after the testator,
being still alive,
Of the Attestation, Revocation, Alteration
and Revival of Wills
(sec 67 to 73)
Gift to attesting
witnesses or to
his/her spouse
Valid will but void as regard to
witness or his/her spouse
Obliteration, interlineation or alteration in
Unprivileged will (sec 71)
By marriage
By another will or
codicil
Intention to revoke in
writing with execution
By burning, tearing or
destroying
Revival of unprivileged
will (sec 73)
Re-execution
Codicil
Revocation of privileged will or codicil (sec 72)
• Impossible condition
• Illegal or immoral condition
• Legatee not in existence on the day of death of testator
• The whole interest to person who are not present with prior
bequest on date of death of testator
• Rule against perpetuity
Onerous bequest
• Super-added or subseqent
• Original or ulterior bequest
• Original not affected if ulterior is not valid because of void condition
Types of leagcies
• Means
• Certain sum of money
• Certain quantity
• Stock or fund