law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  10 Distribution of property among heirs in class I of the
  
  Schedule
  The property of an intestate shall be divided among the heirs in
  
  class I of the Schedule in accordance with the following rules:
  Rule 1 -The intestate's widow, or if there are more widows than
  
  one, all the widows together, shall take one share.
  Rule 2 -The surviving sons and daughters and the mother of the
  
  intestate shall each take one share.
  Rule 3 -The heirs in the branch of each pre-deceased son or each
  
  pre-deceased daughter of the intestate shall take between them one share.
  Rule 4 -The distribution of the share referred to in Rule 3-
  (i) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-deceased son shall
  
  be so made that his widow (or widows together) and the surviving sons and
  
  daughters get equal portions; and the branch of his predeceased sons gets the
  
  same portion;
  (ii) among the heirs in the branch of the pre-deceased daughter
  
  shall be so made that the surviving sons and daughters get equal portions.