The contents of the book are:-
Hindu Succession Act, 1956
- Intestate Succession,
- General Provisions Relating to succession,
- Escheat,
- Testamentary Succession,
- Repeal
Indian succession Act, 1925
- Domicile,
- Marriage,
- Consanguinity,
- Intestate Succession,
- Rules in cases of Intestates Other than Parsees,
- Distribution where there are Lineal Descendants,
- Distribution where there are no Lineal descendants,
- Special Rules for Parsi Intestates,
- Testamentary Succession,
- Wills and Codicils,
- The Execution of Unprivileged Wills,
- Privileged Wills,
- The Attestation,
- Revocation,
- Alteration and Revival of Wills,
- The Constructions of Wills,
- Void Bequests,
- The Vesting of Legacies,
- Onerous Bequests,
- Contingent Bequests,
- Conditional Bequests,
- Bequests With Directions as to Application or Enjoyment,
- Bequests to an Executor,
- Specific Legacies,
- Demonstrative legacies,
- Ademption of legacies,
- The Payment of Liabilities in Respect of the Subject of bequest,
- Bequests of Things Described in General Terms,
- Bequests of Annuities,
- Legacies to Creditors and coportioners,
- Election,
- Gifts in Contemplation of Death,
- Protection of Property of Deceased,
- Representative title to Property of Deceased on succession,
- Probate,
- Letters of Administration and Administration Assets Deceased,
- Grant of Probate and Letters of Administration,
- Limited Grants Grants Limited in Duration,
- Grants for The Use and benefit of Others having Right Grants for Special Purposes,
- Grants with Exception,
- Grants of the Rest,
- Grant of Effects Unadministered Alteration and Revocation of Grants,
- The Practice in Granting and Revoking Probates and Letters of Administration,
- Executors of Their Own Wrong,
- The Powers of An Executor or Administrator,
- The Duties of an Executor or Administrator,
- Assent to A Legacy by Executor or Administrator,
- The Payment and Apportionment of Annuities,
- The Investment of Funds to Provide for Legacies,
- The Produce and Interest of Legacies,
- The Refunding of Legacies etc.
Useful book for succession lawyers and law students
LawMann, Succession, Kamal