📘 Law of Wills, Gift, Hiba & Succession | 2024 Edition
✒️ Authored by: S.K. Jain | Language: English | Publisher: Khetrapal Law Agency
The 2024 Edition of Law of Wills, Gift, Hiba & Succession by S.K. Jain is a comprehensive and practice-oriented treatise on the law of succession and transfer of property in India. Covering the principles of testamentary and intestate succession, gifts, and Hiba under Muslim law, this work provides a balanced integration of statutory law, personal laws, and judicial interpretations, making it indispensable for lawyers, judges, and academicians.
🔍 Key Features:
📜 Wills & Testamentary Succession – principles of execution, attestation, revocation, probate, and administration of estates.
🎁 Law of Gifts – essentials of valid gifts under the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 and comparative analysis with personal laws.
🕌 Hiba (Muslim Law of Gifts) – concept, essentials, revocation, and judicial pronouncements on oral and written Hiba.
⚖️ Intestate Succession – Hindu Succession Act, Indian Succession Act, Muslim law, Christian and Parsi succession laws.
🏛️ Judicial Pronouncements – detailed analysis of landmark Supreme Court and High Court rulings shaping succession and gift law.
📚 Drafting Guidance – model forms and practical notes on drafting wills, gift deeds, and succession petitions.
🌐 Comparative & Contextual Notes – differences between customary practices and codified law.
🆕 2024 Edition – thoroughly updated with the latest statutory amendments and judicial developments.
🎯 Recommended For:
Advocates & practitioners in civil, family & property law
Judges & officers dealing with succession, inheritance & probate cases
Law students & academicians specialising in succession and property law
Researchers, policy makers & legal aid organisations
Libraries & institutions with collections in civil and family law
This 2024 Edition of Law of Wills, Gift, Hiba & Succession by S.K. Jain, published by Khetrapal Law Agency, is a scholarly yet practical guide, offering doctrinal clarity, judicial depth, and practical utility, making it an essential reference for succession and inheritance law practice in India.
