A person who commits murder or abets the commission of murder shall be disqualified from inheriting the property of the person murdered, or any other property in furtherance of the succession to which he or she committed or abetted the commission of the murder.
Central Act · India · Chapter II — Intestate Succession
Section 25 Murderer disqualified
Hindu Succession Act, 1956 · Edition: Central Act 30 of 1956, incorporating the 2005 amendments and the 2019 change to extent
Judgments on Section 25
LOK 2016 (5) SC 126 · Supreme Court of India
Nidhi Kaim v. State Of Madhya Pradesh.
Subject–
ActsHindu Succession Act, 1956 (Section 25); Representation of Peoples Act, 1951 (Section 8); Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Sections 11A and 11); Constitution of India (Articles 14, 73 and 142)
LOK 2005 (5) SC 62 · Supreme Court of India
Vallikannu v. R. Singaperumal
Equivalent citations: 2005 AIR(SCW) 2820 : 2005 (6) SCC 622 : 2005 (5) Scale 36 : AIR 2005 SC 2587 : 2005 (5) JT 234 : 2005 (4) Supreme 97
Subject–
ActsHindu Succession Act, 1956 (Sections 25 and 27)