The Indian Succession Act,1925
Section 27. Persons held for purpose of succession to be similarly related to deceased
For the purpose of succession, there is no distinction–
(a) between those who are related to a person deceased through his father, and those who are related to him through his mother; or
(b) between those who are related to a person deceased by the full blood, and those who are related to him by the half blood; or
(c) between those who were actually born in the lifetime of a person deceased and those who at the date of his death were only conceived in the womb, but who have been subsequently born alive.
