law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  20. Right of child in womb
  A child who was in the womb at the time of death of an intestate
  
  and who is subsequently born alive has the same right to inherit to the
  
  intestate as if he or she had been born before the death of the intestate, and
  
  the inheritance shall be deemed to vest in such a case with effect from the
  
  date of the death of the intestate.