The Draft Hindu Code Bill by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar along with the then existing Hindu Code as amended by the Select Committee - Page 183

168 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES

Provided that where any such grand-child has also predeceased the intestate, the lineal descendants of such grand-child shall, subject to the provisions of clause (e), be entitled to the share which the grand-child would have taken had he or she survived the intestate;

(d) the property shall devolve in the like manner on the remoter surviving lineal descendants of the intestate;

(e) the descendants of a child, grand-child or other lineal descendant of the intestate shall not be entitled to any share in his property, if such child, grand-child or other descendant is living at the time of the death of the intestate;

(f) the widow, or, where there is more than one widow, all the widows together, shall be entitled to a share equal to that of a child, such share being taken equally by the widows where there is more than one;

(g) the mother shall be entitled to a share equal to that of a child.

(122)

105 E. Devolution of property, where there is no lineal descendant but there is a widow or mother. —(1) Where the intestate has not left him surviving any lineal descendant but has left his mother and a widow or widows, one-half of the property shall devolve on his mother and the other half on his widow or widows in equal shares.

(2) In the absence of a widow, the whole of the property shall devolve on the mother.

(123)

105 F. Devolution of property where there is no mother but there is a widow or lineal descendant of mother. —(1) Where the intestate has not left him surviving any lineal descendant or his mother but has left a widow or widows and also a lineal descendant or descendants of his mother, one-half of the property shall devolve on the widow or widows in equal shares and the other half on such lineal descendant or descendants.

(2) In the absence of any lineal descendant of the intestate’s mother, the whole of the property shall devolve on the widow or widows in equal shares and, in the absence of the widow, the whole of the property shall devolve on the mother’s lineal descendants.

(124)

105 G. Devolution where there is maternal grand-mother or her descendant or the father. —(1) Where the intestate has not left him surviving any of the heirs mentioned in sections 105C, 105E and 105F but has left his father and his maternal grand-mother or lineal descendant or descendants, one-half of the property shall devolve on his father and the other half on her maternal grand-mother or, in her absence, on her lineal descendant or descendants.