Legal aspects of succession

pragnesh (Querist) 27 November 2018 This query is : Resolved
My grandfather had two wives. My father & his brothers were children of 1st wife. 2nd wife also has son & daughter. My grandfather's father has granted a piece of land to my 2nd grandma by will. Who will count as heirs of 2nd grandma & who will share the land which was granted her by will?

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KISHAN DUTT KALASKAR (Expert) 27 November 2018
Dear Sir,
The following law will apply.
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Section 15 in The Hindu Succession Act, 1956
15. General rules of succession in the case of female Hindus.—
(1) The property of a female Hindu dying intestate shall devolve according to the rules set out in section 16,—
(a) firstly, upon the sons and daughters (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) and the husband;
(b) secondly, upon the heirs of the husband;
(c) thirdly, upon the mother and father;
(d) fourthly, upon the heirs of the father; and
(e) lastly, upon the heirs of the mother.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),—
(a) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her father or mother shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the father; and
(b) any property inherited by a female Hindu from her husband or from her father-in-law shall devolve, in the absence of any son or daughter of the deceased (including the children of any pre-deceased son or daughter) not upon the other heirs referred to in sub-section (1) in the order specified therein, but upon the heirs of the husband.

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P. Venu (Expert) 28 November 2018
The answer is obvious: the second grandmother's legal heirs i.e. her children and her husband, if alive at the time of her death.