General Rules Of Succession - Male Hindu

The property of the male Hindu dying intestate shall devolve in the following manner

1. Firstly upon all the heirs, being the relatives specified in Class I.
2. Secondly, if there is no heir of Class I, then upon heirs being the relatives specified in Class II.
3. Thirdly if there is no heir of any of the the classes, then upon the agnates of the deceased; (one person is said to be agnate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption wholly through males) and.
4. Lastly, if there is no agnate, then upon the cognates of the deceased. (One person is said to be a cognate of another if the two are related by blood or adoption but not wholly through male)

Class Ist Heirs

Son

Daughter

Widow

Mother

Son of a predeceased son

Daughter of predeceased son

Widow of predeceased son

Son of a predeceased daughter

Daughter of predeceased daughter

Son of predeceased so of predeceased son

Daughter of predeceased son of a predeceased son

Widow of predeceased son of a predeceased son

Class IInd Heirs

1. Father
2. (1) Son's daughter's son, (2) son's daughter's daughter, (3) brother, (4) sister
3. (1) Daughter's son's son, (2) daughter's son's daughter, (3) daughter' daughter's son, (4) daughter's daughter's daughter.
4. (1) Brother's son, (2) sister's son, (3) brother's daughter, (4) sister's daughter.
5. Father's father; father's mother.
6. Father's widow; brother's widow.
7. Father's brother; father's sister.
8. Mother's father; mother's mother
9. Mother's brother; mother's sister.

Class I heirs take simultaneously to the exclusion of all other heirs Heirs in the first entry of Class II shall be preferred to those in the second entry; those in the second entry shall be preferred to those in the third entry; and so on in succession.