ARTICLE · 24 JUNE 2020

Succession Laws In India In A Nutshell

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Laws of Succession relate to legal principles of distribution of assets of a deceased individual.

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Shekhar Agrawal

Laws of Succession relate to legal principles of distribution of assets of a deceased individual. These include the order in which one person in preference of any or one person after another or any one person in particular share with any other person succeeds to the property/estate of the deceased person. Corporate persons having perpetual existence are not covered in this and have separate laws relating to Winding up, Reorganization and Closure.

The laws of succession can broadly be divided in two parts, firstly, where deceased has left behind a valid and enforceable 'Will'; and secondly, where a person died without leaving behind such 'Will'

Wills and essential requirements of Valid Will

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