law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  15. General rules of succession in the case of female
  
  Hindus
  (1) The property of a female Hindu dying intestate shall devolve
  
  according to the rules set out in section 16 :
  (a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters
  
  (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband;
  (b) secondly, upon the heirs of the husband;
  (c) thirdly, upon the mother and father;
  (d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father;
  
  and
  (e) lastly, upon the heirs of the mother.
  (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1)-
  (a) any property inherited by a female Hindu
  
  from her father or mother 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 father; and
  (b) any property inherited by a female Hindu
  
  from her husband or from 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.