Inheritance In Absence Of A Will Under Indian Succession Act   Introduction The Indian Succession Act came into operation on 30th September 1925 and it seeks to consolidate all Indian Laws relating to succession. It has no retrospective operation and is applicable to intestate and testamentary succession. INTESTATE SUCCESSION Intestate means when person dies without […]

Child custody is a term used in family law courts to define legal guardianship of a child under the age of 18. During divorce or marriage annulment proceedings, the issue of child custody often becomes a matter for the court to determine. In most cases, both parents continue to share legal child custody but one […]

It is not unknown that a gaping loophole in the Indian Judiciary is the backlog of cases. The number of cases being filed in the Supreme Court is consistently on the rise. 34683 cases were filed in Supreme Court in the year 1999, whereas, 70350 were filed in the year 2008, the increase being about […]

A Will is a document that ensures that the distribution of property and assets is carried out according to the wishes of the holder (testator) after his/her death. The absence of a Will is likely to put the testator’s family in a predicament about determining valid ownership. Despite this, the trend of framing a Will […]

Bequeathing rules based on domicile and religion and I am a married Hindu male? and I am a married Hindu female? and I am a married Parsi? and I am a married Christian?