The property of a childless Hindu woman inherited from her father will return to the source in case of her death, the Karnataka High Court has reiterated.
Under Section 15(2)(a) of Hindu Succession Act, any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the father”.
In various rulings, the Supreme Court has made the same observation.
“If a female Hindu dies intestate without leaving any issue, the property inherited by her from her father or mother would go to the heirs of her father, whereas the property inherited from her husband or father-in-law would go to the heirs of the husband,” the SC said while delivering its verdict in the S Abdul Nazeer and Krishna Murari, JJ case.
In case of married women who leave behind their husband and children, her properties, including the properties which she inherited from her parents, would devolve upon her husband and her children as provided in Section 15(1)(a) of the Succession Act.
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