• Grandchildren's claim on HUF partition deed

Grand father passed away without a will. All property is divided and registered amongst all the Class I hiers (Grand mother, Son1 and Son2) as per Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) partition deed in year 2012 itself. 
1). During partition in year 2012, all the grand children's did not sign in the registration papers. Only Class I hiers have signed and registered.
2). Can grand children's now claim the property of Grand father that the partition was not satisfactory and it needs to be partitioned again?
Asked 4 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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6 Answers

Grand children can file suit to set aside partition deed as thru have not signed partition deed

 

2) delay of 8 years in filing suit has to be explained 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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1. The property belonged to the grandfather  hence upon his intestate death it devolved on his own class I legal heirs.

Therefore there was no necessity to obtain the signature or consent of the grandchildren who are not entitled to any share in the property becasue it is not ancestral property.

2. No, they did not have any rights in the property then or now.

If at all their fathers or mother  9who were the legal heirs to their  grandfather) is or are reported to have died intestate then their respective shares can be divided among the respective legal heirs.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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From your contents it can be confirmed that this property was your grandfather's own and absolute property. 

This cannot be considered as HUF or ancestral property. 

Therefore the property shall devolve equally on all his own legal heirs of your deceased grandfather if he has been reported to have died intestate. 

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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if it was self acquired property why is it mentioned as HUF property in partition deed 

 

it is necessary to peruse partition deed to advise further 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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a grandchild does not have any birth right in the self- acquired property of his grandfather if it has been allotted to his father in a family partition in his capacity as legal heir and not as a coparcener under the Hindu Succession Act 1956.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
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It's a joint family property

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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