Dependants defined :
Section – 21. For the purposes of this Chapter “dependants” means the following relatives of the deceased:—
| (i) | his or her father; | |
| (ii) | his or her mother; | |
| (iii) | his widow, so long as she does not re-marry; | |
| (iv) | his or her son or the son of his predeceased son or the son of a predeceased son of his predeceased son, so long as he is a minor : | |
| Provided and to the extent that he is unable to obtain maintenance, in the case of a grandson from his father’s or mother’s estate, and in the case of a great grand-son, from the estate of his father or mother or father’s father or father’s mother; | ||
| (v) | his or her unmarried daughter, or the unmarried daughter of his predeceased son or the unmarried daughter of a predeceased son of his predeceased son, so long as she remains unmarried : | |
| Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance, in the case of a grand-daughter from her father’s or mother’s estate and in the case of a great-grand-daughter from the estate of her father or mother or father’s father or father’s mother; | ||
| (vi) | his widowed daughter : | |
| Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance— |
| (a) | from the estate of her husband, or | |
| (b) | from her son or daughter if any, or his or her estate; or | |
| (c) | from her father-in-law or his father or the estate of either of them; |
| (vii) | any widow of his son or of a son of his predeceased son, so long as she does not remarry : | |
| Provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance from her husband’s estate, or from her son or daughter, if any, or his or her estate; or in the case of a grandson’s widow, also from her father-in-law’s estate; | ||
| (viii) | his or her minor illegitimate son, so long as he remains a minor; | |
| (ix) | his or her illegitimate daughter, so long as she remains unmarried. |