Section 39
Where intestate has left only great-grandchildren or remoter lineal descendants.
The Indian Succession Act, 1925
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the law applicable to intestate and testamentary succession.
In like
manner the property shall go to the surviving lineal descendants who are nearest in degree to the intestate,
where they are all in the degree of great-grandchildren to him, or are all in a more remote degree.