The Indian Succession Act

The legislature in enacting the Indian Succession Act 1925 sounded the death-knell of seven complete statutes besides relevant portions of some other statutes. The object of the Indian Succession Act 1925 was to consolidate and simplify the statute book. This Act is the sole legislative measure dealing with the substantive law of testamentary succession in regard to the persons other than Muslims and of intestate succession in regard to persons other than Hindus and Muslims.

Problems and their solutions
The Indian Succession Act 1925 by B.B. Mitra is one of the well-known treatises to the legal practitioners and the Judges alike for near about a century. The instant edition provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the subject. It solves the complicated problems which are often faced by the practitioners. Discussion on the statutory provisions of the statute is made with the help of the judgments of apex court and different High Courts. Issues like privileged will, revival of unprivileged will, suspicious circumstances, rule against perpetuity, mutual will, jurisdiction of a District Judge in granting and revoking probates have been discussed thoroughly.

Issues discussed
The burning issues like probate on lost will, appointment of receiver, succession to stridhana, gift to unborn persons, joint will, caveat etc. received proper treatment. Topics such as conditions of change of domicile, duties and liabilities of executor, restricted applicability of the Code of Civil Procedure, oral will and its probate are discussed at length.

The instant edition incorporating? almost all the important judgments relating to the subject will be the faithful companion of busy practitioners. It is hoped that it will be treated as a true successor to its earlier one.

Key Features:

• Applicability of the Act to tribals
• Change of domicile
• Grant of letters of administration
• Suspicious circumstances
• Revocation of a will
• Alteration of unprivileged will?

Table of Contents:

• The Indian Succession Act, 1925
• Intestate Succession
• Testamentary Succession
• Protection of Property of Deceased
• Representative Title to Property of Deceased on Succession
• Probate, Letters of Administration and Administration of Assets of Deceased?of Limited Grants
• Succession Certificates
• Schedule
• Appendix