Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in India

Dear Sir/Madam

I am a Hindu male aged 30 Years from Chennai . My grandmother had purchased a property in 1956. She died in 1978 without leaving a will. After which my father and his four brothers (total five of them) had partitioned the property into 5 portions through a registered partition deed in 1988. All my four uncles have sold of their properties. My father constructed a house in his portion and is still alive and has given his property to me through an unconditional settlement deed in 2009, all municipality and electricity records have been changed into my name and taxes, bills are being paid in my name. Now my sisters are threatening to file a partition suit case saying that that the settlement deed made to me was without their knowledge.

My questions are:

1. Once the registered partition has taken place between him & his brothers does the partitioned property become self acquired property & can he dispose it as he wishes?

2. Is my grandmother�s property ancestral property?

3. Is the registered settlement deed made by my father to me in 2009 valid?

4. Can my sisters file a partition suit against my father?

Advance thanks for your assistance


Asked on 7/23/13, 8:01 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Sudershan Goel India Law Offices of Sudershan Goel - Advocate

Your sisters may not have any right during the life time of your father. However, you will need to defend the suit, if filed by them. There is hardly any remedy available to you for meeting with their threats.

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Answered on 7/23/13, 6:22 pm
Fca Prashant Chavan Expert Edge LLP

24.07.2013

Dear Sir / Madam,

1. Yes, the property ceases to be ancestral property with the partition deed and it is deemed to be self acquired by your father.

2. No, since she purchased the property out of her own funds.

3. Yes.

4. No.

Regards,

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Answered on 7/24/13, 12:25 am


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