Hindu Succession Act, 1956 · Chapter II: Intestate Succession · General provisions relating to succession
Section 18: Full blood preferred to half blood
Heirs related to an intestate by full blood shall be preferred to heirs related by half blood, if the nature of the relationship is the same in every other respect.
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