How a deceased Parsi's estate devolves under the Indian Succession Act, 1925, with clear tables, exceptions and worked examples to compute each heir's share.

A prenuptial agreement is a contract entered into by two people before their marriage, setting out how their property and financial matters will be divided if the marriage ends in separation, divorce,

The distinction between ancestral and self-acquired property under Hindu law is one of the most frequently litigated questions in Indian property disputes. It determines whether a son or daughter can

Probate is no longer a legal precondition to enforcing a Will in Mumbai. The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025 (Act No. 37 of 2025), which received Presidential assent on 20 December 2025, omitted Section 213 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Section 213 had barred an executor or legatee from establishing rights under a Will in court without probate, for Wills made by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and Parsis within, or concerning immovable property within, the original civ

A Will is most likely to take effect as intended when the testator chooses younger, reliable executors and witnesses, provides for a beneficiary who may die first, adds a residuary clause, records mental capacity through a doctor's certificate or a doctor as a witness, signs or initials every page, makes a fresh Will instead of a codicil, and stores the original where it can be found. Each practice answers a challenge commonly raised when a Will is propounded after death, and