• Inherited property disputes

A property in a village near Chennai(land with additional plot) was owned by my grandmother (Father's mother )who passed away without writing a will. My father has 4 siblings including 2 daughters. But they (my father and his brothers) had split the property into 3 schedules excluding the sisters with a Pagapirivinai document. Of the 3 schedules the one living in the village took 50% of the total property. The remaining 50% is divided between the other 2 brothers that includes my father. Now we want to construct a house there but one of my aunts is raising issues. The other aunt does not want a share. We are ok to share the 50% equally among the 3 but my aunt is not accepting. So if we construct a house in the allotted plot well within what we are entitled to what are the legal implications? Note:The aunt raising dispute got married around late 1989.
Asked 5 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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17 Answers

Your grandmother's property, upon her intestate death shall devolve equally among all her legal heirs namely her children.

Thus the property divided among the sons alone without giving a rightful share to the daughters is an illegal act.

The daughters are entitled to their legitimate share in the property.

They can file a suit for partition and can seek for petition of all the properties by metes and bounds, with good and bad soil equally and to allot one such equal share to each of them with separate possession.

They can even obtain an order of injunction restraining your father from constructing the proposed construction of the building in the vacant plot.

The unregistered partition deed excluding the daughters and without registering the same if invalid in law, your paternal aunts an ignore the partition deed drawn among your father and his brothers and can claim their share in the property as a right.

Try to sort it out amicably instead of stretching it as a legal battle because a suit for partition before court may stretch to more than 5 years for disposal.

 

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89978 Answers
2492 Consultations

- As per latest judgement Supreme Court held that daughters will have equal coparcenary rights in Hindu Undivided Family properties, irrespective of whether the father was alive or not on 9 September 2005, when an amendment came into force.

- After the death of your grandmother intestate , her property would be devolved upon all her legal heirs equally , son and daughters. 

- Hence, your aunts having equal right like her brothers over the property , and further she can approach the court for partition of the property and stay on any further sale or transfer . 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
15814 Answers
242 Consultations

You aunt has a share in the property. In fact the whole property should b3 divided amongst the brothers and sisters equally.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14114 Answers
65 Consultations

1. IF Grandmother died intestate (without making a WILL), THEN "ALL" her children are entitled to claim EQUAL share in her properties, without any exceptions, whatsoever.

2. Legal heirs who do not wish to claim their share shall legally relinquish /release their share in favor of other legal heirs.

3. Marriage of legal heir, does not restrain them to claim their share of property.

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

You can construct the house and give her another equal value property or money of her share if she doesn't compromise 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

Aunt has equal share in property 

 

2) she can file suit for partition to claim equal share in property 

 

3) she can seek injunction restraining sale of property 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99779 Answers
8145 Consultations

She is entitled to have her sha3as legal heirs. 

Please provide her share by division of land amongst all siblings and aunts equally otherwise she may go for injunction against all of you for stay of transfer and construction work which she may get from the court of law.

Ramesh Pandey
Advocate, Mumbai
2541 Answers
8 Consultations

Anything you do needs to be equally distributed amongst all. 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
34515 Answers
249 Consultations

All children of your Grand Mother are entitled to equal share in the property left by her. 

The Pagapirivinai Document executed without involving all the  siblings is questionable in court of law.

If second aunt is not interested to take her share, she can execute release deed releasing her share to you people.

If the other aunt goes to court of law claiming her right, it will take substantial time.  Better get it settled among yourself.

 

S Srinivasa Prasad
Advocate, Hyderabad
2876 Answers
9 Consultations

Your aunt (father's sister) assuming here. She has share in the property to 1/4th, so according to that you can negotiate with her.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
13008 Answers
267 Consultations

Your aunts have equal share along with your father and uncles. 

Therefore they have every right to refuse your proposal and stick to equal share only. 

To enforce their equal rights they can file suit for partition and injunction. 

So settle the dispute amicably or face litigation. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
23653 Answers
537 Consultations

Dear Sir/Madam,

You are suggested to serve the notice to the said aunt and ask her to settle the things amicably allowing you the construction of the site. The property can be divided in 03 siblings of the father since one sister is not asking the share.

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
7169 Answers
16 Consultations

Aunts have equal right in all property. All have 1/5th share each. Tell your other aunt to execute release deed in favor of your father.

Than refuse the other aunt, she can claim her 1/5th share from 50% of other brother. 

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23081 Answers
31 Consultations

Your aunt has equal share in said property. she can claim her share through court by filing a partition suit. 

 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

You have not mentioned the year your GM passed away and the year in which partition was effected.

G.Rajaganapathy

 

High Court of Madras

Rajaganapathy Ganesan
Advocate, Chennai
2300 Answers
8 Consultations

1. Your aunt can claim her share from total property of her parents that is 20% of total property and if she file suit for partition then court can grant stay on construction on property.

2. You should first solve the dispute and then go for construction of your house.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10686 Answers
7 Consultations

After the death of your grandmother who did not leave any Will, her estate devolved equally upon all her legal heirs - her 3 sons and 2 daughters, with each entitled to 1/5th undivided share. The partition deed among the brothers alone is legally invalid, as your aunts too have 1/5th undivided share each. Marriage of your aunt is irrelevant to deny her her share.

Swaminathan Neelakantan
Advocate, Coimbatore
3070 Answers
20 Consultations

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