Section 18: Full blood preferred to half blood

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1. 1. Under Section 18 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, as between a full brother and a half brother (same father, different mother) of a male intestate who leaves no Class I heir and no father:

   A.the full brother is preferred, as full blood is preferred to half bloodB.both share equally, as both of them are brothers within entry II of Class IIC.the full brother takes two-thirds and the half brother one-thirdD.the half brother is excluded, as half-blood relatives are never heirs
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