If a legacy is given to two persons jointly, and one of them dies before the testator, the other legatee takes the whole.
Illustration
The legacy is simply to A and B. A dies before the testator. B takes the legacy.
PART VI TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION · CHAPTER VI.—Of the construction of Wills
Section 106: Legacy does not lapse if one of two joint legatees die before testator
The Indian Succession Act, 1925