The Indian Succession Act, 1925

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Description
Dr. V.N. Tripathi's Commentary on The Indian Succession Act, 1925 needs no introduction to our learned readers/patrons since it has held the field from 2004 and now it has entered in its Fourth revised and enlarged edition.
The Act has been divided into eleven parts. Parts V, VI and IX have further been divided into several Chapters. Parts II, IV and V do not apply to Hindu, Mohammedan, Buddhist, Sikh or Jain communities and Part VI in general, does not apply to Mohammedan and Hindu etc. But some of its provisions are applicable to Hindus.
Succession is a transmission of rights and obligations of a deceased to his heirs and it includes both intestate and testamentary succession. The major part of the Indian Succession Act is based on English Law, but the Indian Judiciary and even the Privy Council have given frequent warning against the application of English rules of law to the construction of Wills in India because conditions of life and considerations of people of India are different. Keeping in mind this position, the emphasis on English decisions has not been given in this book.
Due to overwhelming demand of a latest book on such laws, and also because it was high time to revise the book, the author spared no. pains to accomplish the renewal of the existing book in the light of the latest case law(s), amendments and orders/decisions of the various High Courts and the Supreme Court of India. The outcome of the onerous task of updating the book is thus the Fourth Edition of the Indian Succession Act in the latest form to serve the present day requirement of the Bar, Bench, litigant public and other esteemed readers.
The hall-mark of this compendium is the exhaustive Index appended with catch words to help finding of answers to problematic and knotty questions.
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Table of Contents
Part I Preliminary
Part II Of Domicile
Part III Marriage
Part IV Of Consanguinity
Part V Intestate Succession
Chapter 1. Preliminary
Chapter 2. Rules in Cases of Intestates other than Parsis
Chapter 3. Special Rules for Parsi Intestates
Part VI Testamentary Succession
Chapter 1. Introductory
Chapter 2. of Wills and Codicils
Chapter 3. of the Execution of Unprivileged Wills
Chapter 4. Of Privileged Wills
Chapter 5. Of the Attestation, Revocation, Alteration and Revival of Wills
Chapter 6. of the Construction of Wills
Chapter 7. Of Void Bequests
Chapter 8. Of the Vesting of Legacies
Chapter 9. Of Onerous Bequests
Chapter 10. Of Contingent Bequests
Chapter 11. Of Conditional Bequests
Chapter 12. Of Bequests with Directions as to Application or Enjoyment
Chapter 13. Of Bequests to an Executor
Chapter 14. Of Specific Legacies
Chapter 15. Of Demonstrative Legacies
Chapter 16. Of Ademption of Legacies
Chapter 17. Of the Payment of  Liabilities in Respect of the Subject of a Bequest
Chapter 18. Of Bequests of Things Described in General Terms
Chapter 19. Of Bequests of the interest or Produce of a Fund
Chapter 20. Of Bequests of Annuities
Chapter 21. Of Legacies to Creditors and Portioners
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Author Details
V. N. Tripathi