• Question about will and mutation + Bank account

We are 4 brothers, 2 of us are from my present dad and 2 are from my mothers's previous marriage. 1 brother is missing from more than 30 years. My father has not adopted my step brothers, both were 5 years and 7 years old when my mother married to my father and got divorce from her previous marriage. My mother demised in 2019 last year. She was a government servant. She passed away after her retirement. Incidence was like my father and my mother got a fight and my father punched my mother chest. She called police on that night but she compromised and let it go without her medical. and after that she was admitted to hospital. She passed away because of lung decease as per doctor. We did not do post-mortem. 
During the time she was alive, Me and my mother has made house it was registered on my mothers name. My mother has wrote a unregistered will when she was in hospital and she has given that house to me in that will. No body know about this will 
My mother had around lakh when she was passed away. There is no nomination in bank account. 
She had 11 lakh her dues from her service. Nomination is on my father name 
I want to know following -
1) As per law in Haryana only Sons get share in property. My younger real brother has made a legal heir certificate only with my and his name and done mutation of the property. He transferred his 1/2 share to father after taking money from him. Process of transferring the property by will was in process at that time. Can I register the house on my name after this. As I have a unregistered will with me. 
2) When we were doing crimination I used Rs. 35000 and gave ATM to father. He used all money from that. Can I file complaint against my father to withdraw all money? 
3) Can my step brother file a case against younger brother for not including him in legal heir certificate or share in property? 
4) My father has done Bedkhal to me and my brother so we can not claim anything in property.
Asked 4 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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20 Answers

As per hindu succession Act both sons and daughters get the share. If you register later suit can be filed for share against you. 

Yes. 

Yes he can file a case

You can only challenge fathers decision if the property is ancestral. If it's fathers self acquired property you can't do anything

 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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181 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

1. As per law , Registration of WILL is not mandatory , even an unregistered WILL is valid legally. 

- You should apply for mutation of the property in your name on the ground of said Will , otherwise you can file a Probate petition before the court for getting that house in your name. 

2. If you was not living your father at the time of giving ATM , then you can lodge a complaint against him for cheating and breach of trust. 

3. No. he will not come under the heir ship being step brother . 

- Further , in the absence of Adoption certificate , he cannot claim any right over the property. 

4. Bedkhal has no value in the eye of law , specially after publishing in news paper , and not from court order. 

- Hence, you have full right to claim over the property of father legally. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13273 Answers
198 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1) you have to file suit to set aside transfer of property in brother name 

 

2) rely upon will executed by mother duly attested by 2 witnesses 

 

3) also apply for probate of will 

 

4) father cannot with draw money from mother ATM account after her demise . It amounts to cheating . Complain to bank against with drawl of funds by father 

 

5) set bother has no  share in property bequeathed to you by will 

6) he can apply for setting aside legal heir certificate 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94822 Answers
7558 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Hello,

  1. If your mother died intestate all children and your father would inherit equal shares in whatever assets that belonged to your deceased mother. You can certainly get the house registered in your name on basis of the Will of your mother.
  2. As you have the card to your father, there is no scope of complaint as you have not so far made any complaints of card being stolen or blocked it.
  3.  Yes, the step brother can complain as he ought to have been included in the legal heir certificate.
  4. As far as your deceased mother’s property is concerned your father does not have any special rights or authority in prohibiting you from your legitimate rights.

S J Mathew
Advocate, Mumbai
3548 Answers
175 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

You are owner of the house by virtue of Will. Go ahead with transfer of property in your name. Hope Will duly executed.

Legal heir certificate is illegal. Mother has 5 legal heirs including father. And if it is proved that cause of death is father than he disqualify to inherit her assets.

Money will distribute equally by 1/5share each.

Yes you can complain agsisnt father or partition suit to recover your share.

LHC is illegal. FIR can file agaisnt him

Father can disown you and brother from his properties but not from mothers properties.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22661 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

1. If taking of Probate is not compulsory in your state then on the basis of Will and transfer deed you can proceed to mutation. 

2. Don't stoop so low to file case to recover money from your father.  Because of him you have got enough education to write to us.

3. Yes

4. If this is in relation to ancestral property then such deed has no force of law. Only by Will or deed of conveyance the legal heirs can be made to face ' bedakhal' and by no other means  

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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490 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

As per Hindu Law, all children will have equal share in the ancestral property of parents. 

A will can be prepared of self acquired property only not of Ancestral property. 

Unequivocally a will which is not registered can not be enforced legally before Court of competent authorities. 

Ramesh Pandey
Advocate, Mumbai
2541 Answers
8 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. This not a rule in Haryana tha only son gets the property. All children have equal rights. 

You can get the house registered. 

2. No

3. No

4. File suit for partition 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

1. You can transfer the house property to your name on the basis of the Will,however the revenue department would instruct you to submit no objection certificate from other legal heirs including your father and the other two sons of your mother out of her first marriage.

If yo are not able to get NOC then you may have to apply for probate of Will before the court competent and the probate of Will would help you to mutate the house property to your name.

2. You can ask your share in the money he had taken out by sending a legal demand notice followed by a money recovery suit if he is not giving your share in it.

3. He can very well do that  becasue he is one of the legal heirs of your mother.

In fact he cannot be a step brother to you, because the mother is same for you and him.

4. He cannot do that and it is illegal, hence dont worry bout it, you can proceed with your claim as a right.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
85023 Answers
2208 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Can file police complaint but police may refuse to register, so have to file complaint through court. SB have inheritance right in mother money and not in property.

 

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22661 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

You can file police complaint regarding withdrawing money from bank after mother demise

you can apply for probate of mother will  

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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7558 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. It would be sufficient that one of the attesting witness alone is deposing evidence. 

2. Police complaint will not be effective or entertained,  but a money recovery suit can be filed against him. 

3. You can discuss with him and decide further course of legal action against him. 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
85023 Answers
2208 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Unregistered WILL is not enforceable in Law.

You can't file Police Complaint. 

Yes you may ask.

Ramesh Pandey
Advocate, Mumbai
2541 Answers
8 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. If one witness died , then also you can produce the other witnesses as well to prove the WILL as well.

- Further the affidavit is sufficient proof for his presence at the time of making the WILL. 

2. Yes, you can file a complaint against him for the offence of breach of trust and theft as well. 

- Further , you can also file a Recovery suit against him . 

3. Yes, otherwise you can also take legal steps against him.

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13273 Answers
198 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

It is the same man you are branding as ' drunkard and spoiled' for whom you had seen the light of the day. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
22840 Answers
490 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. Its ok

2. Yes you can

3. Yes

 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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181 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

1. There is no law in Haryana which states that property will devolve only among sons of deceased.

2. Yes you can use will for getting ownership of property but the will must he signed by atleast two witnesses and you need to file suit to probate the will because it was unregistered will.

3. No you cannot file police complaint against father for recovery of money he had withdrawn from your mothers account but you can file civil suit to claim your share from savings of mother. 

4. Yes your step brother can file case against your younger brother for making false legal heirs certificate without mentioning their name and he can also file partition suit to claim share from property.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Go for police complaint 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

on the basis of a  Will  you will have to file a case to execute that Will and your legal heirs have to give a no objection in the court. Once all that is done, only then the court will grant to letter of admistration.

As a rule, one should not use the ATM card of the deceased customer. The bank should be notarized of his/her death and the claims be settled as per procedure.you can file complaint with bank. 

if your mother executed will  in your favour then Step Brother has no share in your mother property. 

There is no such thing as disowning a relationship in Law. 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

1) An affidavit of an attesting witness will also be appropriate. 

2) you can file police complaint and also you can file recovery of money suit. 

 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
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32 Consultations

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