Part of: Section 15 — General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus .―(1) The property of a female Hindu
(b) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband or fro m her father -in-law shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub -section ( 1) in the order specified therein , but upon the heirs of the husband. 10 STATE AMENDMENT Kerala.- Amendment of section 15 .―In the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Central Act 30 of 1956), in section 15, after clause (b) of sub -section (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:― “(c)” any property inherited by a female Hindu from her pre -deceased son shall devolve, not upon the other heirs referred to in sub -section (1) in the order specified t herein, but upon the heirs of the pre - deceased son from whom she inherited the property.” [Vide Kerala Act 17 of 2016 , sec. 2].