Inheritance Laws In India

Comprehensive Course on Inheritance Laws in India

A structured course by Justice K. Kannan (Retd.)

📅 23 Mar 2026 – 22 Jun 2026 • Bi-weekly classes (Monday & Tuesday)

🕖 7:15 PM – 8:45 PM IST • Live Online Classes

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27 Live Sessions

40 Total Hours

Certification Upon Completion

Why This Course Matters

Inheritance law sits at the intersection of family, property, personal law, and constitutional values. This course explores how wealth and property move across generations under Hindu, Muslim, and secular legal systems in India. From the Hindu Succession Act and Muslim inheritance principles to trusts, estate planning, and digital asset succession, this course provides a deep understanding of inheritance law in both doctrine and practice.

Course Overview

Comprehensive training on the four New Labour Codes with doctrinal clarity and practical insight.

Course Dates

23 March 2026 – 22 June 2026

Bi-weekly classes (Monday & Tuesday)

3 Weeks · 27 Sessions

Duration & Format

1 hr 30 minutes per session

Lecture + 20 min Q&A

40 total hours

Delivery Mode

Live Online Classes

Real-time Q&A sessions

Interactive virtual classroom

Recordings uploaded within 24 hours, 6 months access


Who should attend

Family Court Practitioners

Mediators

Lawyers

Civil Court Judges

Law Students

Judiciary Aspirants

General Public

Skills You Will Master

Understand core concepts of inheritance and succession law.

Define intestate and testamentary succession.

Compare inheritance frameworks under Hindu law, Muslim law and the Indian Succession Act.

Identify categories of heirs and rules governing coparcenary property.

Draft basic testamentary instruments including wills and codicils.

Understand probate, succession certificates and letters of administration.

Critically examine gender bias and structural inequality in inheritance law.

Evaluate constitutional questions involving Articles 14, 15 and 44.

Assess debates on Uniform Civil Code and inheritance taxation.

Get Clarity On

What is the difference between succession, gift and nomination?

How does inheritance differ under Hindu, Muslim and secular law?

What are the rights of daughters, illegitimate children and transgender persons in inheritance?

How are wills created, proved, revoked or altered?

What are the limits of testamentary freedom under Muslim law?

How do probate and letters of administration work?

Can trusts be used for estate planning and wealth transfer?

How will digital assets and cross-border estates affect inheritance?

Your Instructors

Justice K. Kannan (Retd.)

Distinguished former judge, legal scholar and expert mediator.

Former Judge, Madras High Court (2008),Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court (2008-2016)  

Former Chairperson
National Railway Claims Tribunal, New Delhi

Founder of Madhyasatham, an initiative promoting mediation and dispute resolution.

Author and editor of several leading works on specialised areas of law including - (i) Law and Medicine: Exploring Areas of Intersection (2nd Ed., 2025), (ii) Modi’s Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology (28th Ed., 2025), (iii) Paruck’s Indian Succession Act

Justice Kannan brings decades of judicial experience and academic insight to explain inheritance law through case law, statutory interpretation, and contemporary debates

Topic Overview

27 structured sessions covering doctrinal foundations and modern debates in inheritance law.

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  Topic

I.

Foundations of inheritance and succession law

II.

Difference between succession, gift and nomination

III.

Intestate vs testamentary succession

IV.

Legal heirs, legal representatives and executors

V.

Succession certificates and administration of estates 

VI.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Ancestral vs self-acquired property

VII.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Coparcenary and joint family property

VIII.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Hindu Succession Act, 1956 – framework

IX.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Daughter as coparcener and the 2005 amendment

X.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Partition and notional shares

XI.

Inheritance under Hindu Law - Devolution of male vs female property

XII.

Inheritance under Hindu Law -Gender bias and rights of illegitimate children

XIII.

Inheritance under Muslim Law - Classification of heirs – sharers, residuaries and distant kindred

XIV.

Inheritance under Muslim Law - Testamentary power and the one-third rule

XV.

Inheritance under Muslim Law - Marz-ul-maut and consent of heirs

XVI.

Inheritance under Muslim Law - Sunni vs Shia inheritance principles

XVII.

Indian Succession Act - Applicability and impact of Special Marriage Act

XVIII.

Indian Succession Act - Intestate succession framework

XIX.

Indian Succession Act - Valid wills and proof of wills

XX.

Indian Succession Act - Revocation, alteration and revival of wills

XXI.

Indian Succession Act - Codicils, international wills and living wills

XXII.

Indian Succession Act - Probate and letters of administration

XXIII.

Advanced Topics - Tribal succession laws in North-East India

XXIV.

Advanced Topics - Trusts and estate planning strategies

XXV.

Advanced Topics - Inheritance taxation debates in India

XXVI.

Advanced Topics - Uniform Civil Code and personal law reforms

XXVII.

Advanced Topics - Digital assets, NRI estates and contemporary inheritance disputes

Ready to Master Inheritance Law?

Understand how law governs the transfer of property across generations and engage with the major debates shaping inheritance law in India.

27 structured sessions

`40 hours of focused legal learning

Certificate upon completion

6 Months Recording Access

Includes 18% GST & gateway fees • Limited seats available

Questions? Contact us at academy@livelaw.in or ‪+91 7994869912

₹5,999 (Including Taxes)
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