The Indian Succession Act, 1925 · IV — .— Of the Practice in granting and revoking Probates and

Section 27. Persons held for purpose of succession to be similarly related to deceased

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

27. Persons held for purpose of succession to be similarly related to deceased.— For the purpose of succession, there is no distinction — (a) between those who are related to a person deceased through his father, and those who are related to him through his mother; or (b) between those who are related to a person deceased by the full blood, and those who are related to him by the half blood; or (c) between those who were actually born in the lifetime of a person deceased and those who at the date of his death were only conceived in the womb, but who have been subsequently born alive.

Source: India Code