Legal Question in Civil Litigation in India

RATIFICATION BY DAUGHTER ON HER ATTAINING MAJORITY THE SALE OF FATHER'S SELF EARNED PROPERTY EXCUTED BY WIDOWED MOTHER ON HER BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER.

CHRISTIAN WIDOW EXECUTED A SALE DEED OF A PIECE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND WHILE SHE WAS HAVING A 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER,ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD AS NATURAL GUARDIAN AS APPLICABLE TO CHRISTIANS.(Intestate sucession for Christians is Governed by the Inidan Sucession Act Sec The property of an inte state devolves upon the wife or husband as per the Indian Sucession Act Chapter II Sec 32.)

SHE SPENT THE MONEY ON MAINTAINING HER FAMILY AND EDUCATING HER DAUGHTER.NOW THE BUYER WANTS TO SELL PART OF THE LAND SO PURCHASED.THE NEW BUYER WANTS A "RATIFICATION DEED "TO BE SIGNED BY THE DAUGHTER WHO IS NOW MAJOR APPROVING AND ACCEPTING AS BINDING THE ORIGINAL SALE DONE BY HER MOTHER..THE DAUGHTER AND MOTHER NOW RESIDE AT A DIFFRENT PLACE THAN WHERE THE LAND IS SITUATED AND SALE DEED WAS REGISTERED.IS IT ENOUGH AND VALID IF A RATIFICATION DEED BY THE DAUGHTER IS PREPARED ON THE APPROPRIATE STAMP PAPER AND SIGNED AND ATTESTED BY A NOTARY PUBLIC AT THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTERED AT THE SUB REGISTRAR'S OFFICE LOCATED AT THE PLACE WHERE THE LAND WAS SOLD AND REGISTERED.

ALSO CONFIRM THAT SINCE SHE IS CHRISTIAN ,SHE ATTAINS MAJORITY AT THE AGE OF 13 AS MENTIONED IN THE MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ACT APPLICABLE TO CHRISTIANS.

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