Your wife does not have clear and marketable title
if there is no other access to your house you can claim easementary right of necessity
PLEASE I am in need!!! Hey! My name is Amaar and I am a permanent resident of Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar. We have a land of 5716sqfts with two side entrance and a single house of the front entrance. The whole plot was on my father’s Elder uncle name (A) who had no son or daughter and my grandfather (B) and his younger brother (C) use to live with him. After my grand father’s marriage when my father was born the elder brother (A) of my grandfather on whose name was the land he gave my grandfather 1350sqft land from the whole land to make a house behind the existing house verbally without any documentation. Then after the marriage of my grandfather’s younger brother (C), (A) Gave him (C) 810sqft land on the other entrance of the land verbally without any documentation. So the whole plot with two entrances have two houses and our house of my grandfather was in the center of the two houses the whole plot was marked with a common pathway from front to back keeping my grandfather’s (B) house in the center or we can say at the back. Then in 2003 the (A) who had no son gave 2900sqft to his younger brother (C) with a gift deed and my grandfather was unaware of it. Then in 2007 the (A) elder brother of my grandfather died. Then in 2023 we got to know about the gift deed. I am living in my grandfather’s house but the land is still on his elder brother’s name (A). So 2900sqft in on my grandfather’s younger brother’s name. The house i am living in has 1350sqft land and the remaining 1466sqft is the common pathway of 4ft width and length of 361aprox. So back in 2014by a connection of my friends i made a new document of my land as abadi deh land as my grandfather(B)was in the possession of the land 1350sqft from 70 years. I got a proper sale deed on my wife’s name the proper revenue documents. Its been 10years now i have the documents. Also the land documents of these 1350sqft land was originally in the ownership name of my grandfather’s eleder brother’s name (A) but they were never found he never gave it to anyone no one knows where are they. We tried finding then in revenue but were never found. Also my grandfather was never given any land from it as all they have was this land to live on. SO I HAVE 2 QUESTIONS: 1) is my ownership (wife name documents) legal? 2) can i claim the direct pathway excess to the two gates because i have to walk around their two houses to get the excess to the main road. There is some land vacant which was gifted by (A) to (C)
Your wife does not have clear and marketable title
if there is no other access to your house you can claim easementary right of necessity
1. Since you have purchased the land by a registered sale deed in the name of your wife, she becomes the owner of the property besides the revenue records are also transferred to her name hence her title is established.
2. Even otherwise the pathway had been used by your vendor all through the time till he sold the property to your wife.
Thus your wife can continue to enjoy the easement rights which was enjoyed by her predecessor, i.e., your grandfather, hence you can continue to use the pathway as a right.
I have 260sqft of land registered in the sale deed that are marked on the site revenue map as a separate pathway for my house but the same land is in the documents of (C) gift deed given by (A) to (C) and is in the possession of (C) as he have constructed the boundary wall separating my plot and blocking the straight pathway so instead i have to walk around his house to excess the main road gate. 1) What should i do to get the possession of my 260sqft land as it will give me a shorter and straight pathway to main gate. 2) Can i do something in a legal way that the common path sheared by (C) and me can be given to (C) only and in exchange i can get my 260sqft from his land that we both have a gift deed and sale deed of the same land. (He is not willing to solve it on table)
1. You talk to them about your difficulties for road access and request them to remove the obstruction by demolishing the wall, if they don't respond or comply then you can adopt legal steps by filing a suit for easement rights and mandatory injunction for the relief of ingress and egress through the pathway and for demolition of the boundary wall through court.
2. You can talk to them and enter into a registered memorandum of understanding in this regard or create a registered exchange deed jointly executed by both to avoid future legal hassles.
File suit for declaration that you are absolute owner of 260 sq land and to set aside gift deed executed by A in favour of C
then you can always reach a settlement by filing consent terms in court
Ownership of 1350 sq. ft. Land (on Wife's Name):
Claim Over 260 sq. ft. Pathway:
Exchange of Common Pathway:
Action Plan:
Legal Considerations:
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Shubham Goyal
first of all it would be better if there was some map or drawing of the land with the structures to understand your query better
in my view your title is not perfect and clear
there is no paper work so it will be very difficult
also the sale deed which you does not have the original owner or his heirs as vendors
however you can plead hiba or oral gift which is permissible in Muslim
however for that you will have to seek a declaration from Court by filing a declaratory suit
for the access road also you will have to file a suit if the matter is not being resolved amicably
Dear Client,Your facts state that title to the 1350 sqft plot appears well-established in your name, as you have been in possession for over 10 years and your family has been occupying the land for 70 years. Long-standing possession will give you more leeway under adverse possession laws. But, for the sake of prevention and for the sake of clearness of record, it would be well-advised to get the mutation of the land done in the name of your wife. The pathway of 260 sqft has been demarcated as a separate pathway in the revenue map but it has been obstructed by the boundary wall of (C). You can bring a suit for declaration and injunction to recover it. This would contain evidence of ownership, which means a sale deed and revenue map, along with further assertion of your rights over your property as pertaining to easement. You could then further propose that the settlement be made out-of-court wherein your right over the common pathway shall be traded in for an exclusive right to hold possession over the 260 sqft of land; hence, it shall satisfy the need on both sides. You would engage a local property lawyer who files all the necessary suits and pleads a hard legal case. Once filed, such actions will help to put forward your rights and gain lawful direct access to your property.
Hope that this helps you to solve your problem.
The gift deed made between A and C was not in the presence of B ( my grandfather ) as my grandfather was never given any land from any of this property neither he had any other property as he use to live with his elder brother A but he was never given any share by any means. So the gift deed made between A & C can i or my father challenged the gift deed? As i have seen the deed with a secret source recently as C kept the gift deed as secret he still thinks no one knows about it since 2003. The deed is properly stamped and registered with two witnesses both are C’s brother in law. 1. Can i challenge the gift deed? 2. Is there any chance that we can break that gift deed (hiba) 3. There is already an affidavit made my A in 2002 with other brothers and cousins as witness that he is giving 300sft from his land to one of the cousin. Can the affidavit help in breaking the gift deed? 4. To be honest i dont want to break the gift deed if the deed breaks i want only my direct personal straight pathway so that i will have my privacy and i can use my property as i want.
Dear Client, You would be able to challenge the gift deed made between A and C; it will depend a lot upon the legal grounds for the same. For instance, one can always make the argument for fraud, undue influence, coercion, or violation of your grandfather B's rights as a legal heir. Since the deed is stamped properly, registered and witnessed, anything to the contrary makes it quite credible legally. Provided that you can prove that your grandfather had a valid interest in the property or that the deed was executed by him without free will, the Court will entertain your challenge. As a general rule, it is very hard to break a gift deed or hiba, unless there is a specific ground of revocation such as fraud or want of free consent. You may try to argue that the 2002 affidavit by A to intend to share out part of the property to the other cousin represents a repugnant intention, but it cannot be automatically said to vitiate the deed of gift. Considering that your primary interest is to get a personal pathway for privacy and access, it would be in your best interest to try to arrive at an amicable settlement with C for an easement or right of way. If the negotiations break down, you can apply for legal remedy under the provisions of easement laws to create a pathway without, necessarily, annulling the deed.
Hope you find this answer beneficial for resolving the dispute.
1. You can challenge the gift deed only when it is produced before court and the opponent is relying upon it, you can then claim it's validity because it was not acted upon till this date and it is barred by limitation.
2. If the gift deed was not accepted or acted upon then, you can challenge it when produced.
3. What do you mean by breaking the gift deed and what is the contents of affidavit and how it is authentic?
4. You can file the suit accordingly.
Can You Challenge the Gift Deed?
Can the Gift Deed Be Broken (Hiba)?
Can the 2002 Affidavit Help?
How to Secure the Pathway Without Breaking the Gift Deed?
Action Plan
Attempt Negotiation:
File a Civil Suit:
Focus on Pathway Resolution:
For detailed, personalized advice, consider a phone consultancy. Hope you find the information helpful. You are free to contact me for further discussion. If you could spare two minutes of your time to write a review, it would be greatly appreciated and bring immense happiness to read it. Thank you.
Shubham Goyal.
In 2014 after the devastating flood my house got damaged then immediately I constructed my house without any permission my house is one side blind with 2-3ft fire gap from other 3 sides as mutually verbal agreement with the neighbours now in 2024 i need building permission for some revenue documents work. 1) how will i get the building permission from the municipality? Keeping in consideration that my house does not have proper fire gaps?
If you want proper permission then you may have to comply with the rules and regulations in this regard.
You may first apply for the same, if on inspection by the authorities find the said deviation then you may look for paying penalty for regularising the illegal deviation.
Consult a local architect
make an application to the municipal corporation for construction of building on your plot.
You have to meet the fire safety guidelines.