2) fraud was discovered now . Hence police complaint of forgery can be filed now

2) will is invalid as it is not attested by 2 witnesses

3) you can attach hand writing expert opinion . Not necessary to notarise all documents

4) if police refuse to registerFIR then you should lodge complaint with magistrate under section 156(3) to direct police to investigate and submit report

5) if police refuse to register complaint you can approach could missionary of police in this regards d complain against local police officers

6)if mother was house wife and had no source of income then you should take the plea that property bought in mother nane for benefit of joint family

7) if brother applies for succession certificate notice woukd have to be issued to you as you are one of legal heirs . If you have no objection then only succession certificate woukd be issued in mother and brother name

8) change of nominee on LIC policy without consent of policy holder and by forging his signature is a serious offence

9) on father demise you are one of the legal heirs of his self acquired property . Yiu have no share in ancestral property of father died before 2005

1. It is not late, much less too late, in the day to claim a cause of action on the basis of the forged document. Your limitation starts only from the date of knowledge.

2. Hiding a will is not an offence. A will has scrap value if it is not probated if it relates to properties situated in a place where the probate is mandatory.

3. A will has to be attested by at least two witnesses, failing which it is trash.

4. You should file a suit for declaration of the forged document as illegal to claim succession to the properties, movable and immovable, of your late father. Unless the document in question is declared as forged by the court it will hold good for all reasons.

5. You can apply to the court for comparing the signatures through a handwriting expert to nail the alleged forgery.

6. The amendment in the Hindu Succession Act relates to only ancestral property, whereas the property of your father is not ancestral for you. Your share is at par with the share of your mother and siblings.

7. If a petition for Succession Certificate is filed the court is to issue summons to you to come and contest their case, but you should be watchful as they may not mention your existence in their petition. So engage a local lawyer to keep a watch on what they do in the court.

1. If you have found the document recently, then yo may request court of seeking expert's opinion from forensic laboratory under section 45 of evidence act.

2. Will is valid only after the lifetime of the testator.

However a will is not valid when it is not witnessed.

3. If there is a case pending in the court then yo can approach court itself or to lodge a criminal complaint with the police.

4. If yo dont get proper response from local police then you may approach higher police official for the is purpose.

5. It is better to approach forensic lab for the purpose instead of relying the private players in this regard.

6. If the properties were bought on her name, then she will be the absolute owner, you do not have to prove it by any other source etc.

7. No. The certificate shall be issued by court, before that you will be summoned and enquired by the court in this regard.

8. Yes it is also an offence of forgery, cheating and breach of trust.

9. Dont worry about the latest amendment, that will not be applicable to this position. You are entitled for an equal share.

1) you should apply for probate at the earliest . if probate is not filed for within 3 years of demise of testator delay in filing petition for probate has to be explained

2) you have to file suit for partition to claim your share . in said suit take plea that property bought in mother name for benefit of joint family

3)in case property in father name were transferred in name of legal heir notice is required to be issued to other legal heirs before transfer is made .

4) only if no objection is received would transfer be made in favour of one legal heir

5) if property is standing in joint names name of joint owners would be rfelcted in share certifcate . on demise of one co owner his share does not get transferred to other co owner automatically

1. 3 years.

2. The plea of joint property is a very weak plea. The property registered in a person's name is his self acquired property regardless of who paid the sale consideration.

3. To transfer the immovable properties there is no need for a succession certificate. You just apply for mutation on the basis of legal heir certificate.

1. Generally the Will should be applied for grant of probate within a reasonable time say within one year, however in an affidavit the convincing reasons and the circumstances which delayed to approach the court for this purpose may be explained.

2. This is not required to be proved. As per law. there is no necessity to prove the sources of fund to purchaser the property nor who funded the purchase the property by yor mother nor her inheritance can be questioned,. Once the property is registered in her name, it becomes her own and absolute property, hence there is no need to prove anything beyond that.

3. Succession certificate wold be required only or acquiring the movable properties and not for immovable properties.

If there is a dispute in acquiring the immovable properties, then a legal heir ship certificate can be obtained from the Revenue department/Tahsildar's office.

The properties of the father who died intestate cannot be transferred on any one o the legal heirs without the other legal heirs/co-sharers relinquishing their rights by executing a registered release deed in favor of the proposed legal heir.

4. NO, the procedures meant for this purposed have to be complied with.