Andhra HC: Hindu Woman's Inherited Property Reverts to Father's Heirs, Not Husband, Without Will

• Andhra Pradesh High Court clarifies that property inherited by a Hindu woman from her parents will pass to her father’s legal heirs if she dies without a will and has no children.
• The court, led by Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao, relied on Section 15(2)(a) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956.
• This ruling means the husband or his heirs cannot claim such property.
• The judgment came in a property dispute where a grandmother's gift deed to her granddaughter was challenged after the granddaughter died childless.
• The High Court set aside an order favoring the deceased granddaughter's husband, affirming the father's heirs' rights.