The new edition discusses elaborately on different issues including applicability of the Act to tribals, consanguinity, domicile, power of executors, protection against perpetuity, probate on lost will, succession to stridhana, appointment of receiver etc. Procedures of obtaining probate of a will and issuance of succession certificate are discussed exhaustively and made as far as practicable. A floodlight of in-depth study has been cast on the critical topics including optional civil code, unnatural provision in the will, gift to an unborn person and so on.
• Liability of executors
• Mutual will
• Alteration and revocation of grant
• Two wills, one probate
• Intestate and testamentary succession
• Applicability of the Act to tribals
• 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
Sukumar Ray
LLM, Additional District & Sessions Judge, Darjeeling
Judges and Lawyers
