DR. AMBEDKAR AND THE HINDU CODE BILL 193
Liability of heirs to maintain dependants out of estate
130. Maintenance of dependants. —(1) Subject to the provisions of section 131 the heirs of a deceased Hindu shall be bound to maintain the dependants of the deceased out of the estate inherited from the deceased by the heir.
Part III-A, sec. 5, page 12.
(2) The following relatives of the deceased shall be deemed to be his dependants for the purposes of this Part, namely:—
(i) his father,
(ii) his mother;
(iii) his widow, so long as she does not remarry;
(iv) his son, son of his predeceased son, or son of a predeceased son of his predeceased son, who is a minor, so long as he remains one, provided and to the extent that he is unable to obtain maintenance, in the case of a grandson, from his father’s estate, and in the case of a great-grandson, from the estate of his father or father’s father,
(v) his unmarried daughter, so long as she remains unmarried;
(vi) his married daughter;
Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance from her husband or from her son, if any, or his estate;
(vii) his widowed daughter:
Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance—
(a) from the estate of her husband, or
(b) from her son, if any, or his estate, or
(c) from her father-in-law or his father or the estate of either of them;
(viii) any widow of his son or of a son of his predeceased son, so long as she does not remarry:
Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance from her husband’s estate, or from her son, if any, or his estate; or in the case of a grandson’s widow, also from her father-in-law’s estate;
(ix) his minor illegitimate son, so long as he remains a minor,
(x) his unmarried illegitimate daughter, so long as she remains unmarried.
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