The new edition discusses elaborately on different issues including applicability of the Act to tribals, consanguinity, domicile, power of executors, protection against perpetuity, probate on lost will, succession to?stridhana, appointment of receiver etc. Procedures of obtaining probate of a will and issuance of succession certificate are discussed exhaustively and made as far as practicable. A floodlight of in-depth study has been cast on the critical topics including optional civil code, unnatural provision in the will, gift to an unborn person and so on.