• My mother who was 90 was fraudulently deprived of our ancestral home in her village

Two children live abroad,2 in india. This happened 15 years ago without the childrens knowledge in south TamilNadu.

Can we recover our ancestral home?
Asked 3 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Christian

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The ancestral property belongs to the legal heirs unless anyone has a will. Yes you can take your share/the whole property if the you a will.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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Yes you can file a case.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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You have to file suit to set aside sale deed 

 

2) seek injunction restraining buyer from selling the property 

 

3) take the plea that fraudulent sale was discovered recently 

 

4) that mother is not educated and was unaware of contents of documents signed by her 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Will takes  effect only on death of testator 

 

in present case mother in her lifetime sold property rendering will ineffective 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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You can file suit to set aside sale deed now 

 

explain reasons for delay in filing suit 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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Thanks for your appreciation 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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You may file a case where the property is located.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
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Yes file case where the ancestral property is situated

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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If the children are entitled to a share in the property then without the consent or permission of the children, others cannot take away the property.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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If there is a Will, then you can enforce the same, if you feel that it is barred by limitation then you can approach court with a probate petition to probate the Will.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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Yes, for partition of property you can file a case even now.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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You are welcome for your appreciations.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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If the property is located in Tamilnadu then you may have to file case in Tamilnadu only and not in Bangalore.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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Dear Client, 

You have to file a case in the territorial jurisdiction. 

Thank You

Anik Miu
Advocate, Bangalore
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- If your mother was having the said property in her name , then after her death you have right to claim over the same. 

- Further, if anyone has taken that property fraudently then it can be cancelled after filing a suit before the Court. 

- Since, there is WILL left by your mother , then you can claim that property as per law. 

- Firstly sent a legal notice to him and instruct him to vacate and handover the possession of the property to you , otherwise you will be constrained to file criminal and civil cases against him. 

- If no response, then file a suit for Declaration and possession with injunction before the court for declaring his property documents null and void and to take possession of the property and to restrain him from selling the property. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
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