Section 21
Presumption in cases of simultaneous deaths
Chapter 2: Intestate succession
Where two persons have died in circumstances rendering it uncertain whether either of them, and if so which, survived the other, then, for all purposes affecting succession to property, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the younger survived the elder.
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956 (Act No. 30 of 1956). From the updated text on India Code, with later amendments. Being checked against the official copy; amendment notes are not shown yet.