The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928 was enacted to abolish the exclusion from

inheritance Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, Title (property), titles, debts, entitlements, Privilege (law), privileges, rights, and Law of obligations, obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ ...

of certain classes of heirs, and to remove certain doubts regarding their ability to inherit

property Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, r ...

. The Act specifies that persons who are diseased, deformed or physically or mentally handicapped cannot be disqualified from their right to own or share joint-family property unless the law specifies otherwise. This Act essentially abolishes the ancient Hindu legal practice that those who are handicapped are ineligible to inherit property from their family.Nagpal, Ramesh C. Modern Hindu Law. Allahabad: Manav Law House, 1983

References

Hindu law Indian family law 1928 in law 1928 in India Legislation in British India 1928 in British law {{India-law-stub