Enumerate the properties to which the Hindu Succession Act does not apply.
Ans. Properties to which Hindu Succession Act does not apply.—The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, does not apply to the following three special kinds of properties:
(1) Where Indian Succession Act, 1925 applies.—The Act applies to all property of the deceased Hindu except those mentioned in Section 5 of the Act. Under Section 5(i), Hindu Succession Act, shall not apply to any property succession to which is regulated by the Indian Succession Act, 1925, by reason of the provisions contained in Section 21 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954 which runs as under: Succession to property of parties married under Special Marriage Act.—Notwithstanding any restrictions contained in the Indian Succession Act, 1925 with respect to its applications to members of certain communities succession to the property of any person whose marriage is solemnized under this Act and to the property of the issue of such marriage shall be regulated by the provisions of the said Act and for the purposes of this section that Act shall have effect as if Chapter III of Part V (Special Rules for Parsi Intestate) had been omitted therefrom”.
(2) Any estate which descends to a single heir by the terms of any covenant or agreement entered into by the Ruler of any Indian State with the Government of India or by the terms of the enactment passed before the commencement of this Act. [Section 5(ii)].
(3) The Val lamina Thampuran Kovilagam Estate and the palace fund administered by the Palace Administration Board by reason for the power conferred by Proclamation (IX of 1124), dated 29th June, 1949, promulgated by the Maharaja of Cochin. [Section 6(i ii) of the Act].