Can my mother and her sisters claim rights on ancestral property if Grandfather has already willed it to my Uncle?

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      User_ebbb6e51
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        January 26, 2025 at 3:04 pm
        My Grandfather had willed the ancestral land on my Uncle’s name without ever informing my mother or her sisters. My Grandfather never gave dowry, put money on my mother’s or her sister’s educations, got them married to people with no jobs or whatsoever to free himself of the burden, whereas my mother would try everything to earn and put it on the building of plots, schools for my grandfather. She has been taking care of their medical expenses too from last 2-3 years, after she got a govt. object. Now, My maternal aunt once blackmailed my mother that she will commit suicide if she were to ever ask for property.

        Can my mother and her sisters fight the will of my grandfather?

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        Quickguy1713
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          January 26, 2025 at 3:20 pm
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          Yes. Your mother can challenge the will by filling the civil suit as it is an ancestral property. And try to get an injection order against so that your uncle cannot alienate the property.

          Feel free to ping me. If you have any further queries about this issue.

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              January 26, 2025 at 3:47 pm
              Thanks!

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                  January 26, 2025 at 4:12 pm
                  No problem. But try to file civil suit as early as possible. You will have a better chance.

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                    January 26, 2025 at 6:13 pm
                    Please do understand the legal definition of ancestral property. Just because it belongs to grandfather, it does not become ancestral.

                    **Under Hindu Succession Act, 1956 any property that has been inherited from 4 generations of male ancestors is ancestral property**

                    What are the rules that qualify any property as ancestral?
                    https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/what-are-the-rules-that-qualify-any-property-as-ancestral-11679424187516.html

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                        January 26, 2025 at 7:27 pm
                        Hey! My great grandfather died before leaving any will, so my grandfather and his brother got the land, then does it mean that it does not remain ancestral?

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                            January 27, 2025 at 2:20 am
                            **You did not read the article. Else you would be asking very different questions.**

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                                January 27, 2025 at 3:54 am
                                I did, but from that I understood that it’s now self acquired property of my grandfather ,hence my mother or her sisters have no right in it

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                                    January 27, 2025 at 4:57 am
                                    Bingo! Now you understand that you shouldn’t have high hopes of courts favouring your mother or her sister. Now you can decide what to do knowing that. So if you still want to spend time and money in court, so ahead. Sometimes the threat of court case is useful by itself.

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                            January 26, 2025 at 4:14 pm
                            >an injection order

                            Not A Lawyer. But don’t you mean an injunction order??

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                                January 26, 2025 at 4:17 pm
                                Sorry it was a typography mistake.

                                It is an injunction order Under order 39 of cpc

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                              January 26, 2025 at 3:26 pm
                              Check that the property is indeed “ancestral”. That is, it belonged to your grandfather’s great grandfather.

                              If it isn’t ancestral, your grandfather can will it to whoever he wants.

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                                  January 26, 2025 at 3:46 pm
                                  Yeah, it belonged to my grandfather’s grandfather and maybe even his great grandfather

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                                  January 26, 2025 at 3:58 pm
                                  Lawyer here, make sure the will is registered, registered wills can be difficult to challenge in court

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                                    January 27, 2025 at 12:41 am
                                    Grandfather cannot give the entire land to ur uncle in the ancestral land and your mother along with aunts can file something called a suit for partition and u will have yo challenge the will aswell …but you have to be sure to have property papers to show that its ancestral property ..

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                                        January 27, 2025 at 1:00 am
                                        Lawyer this side also note that partition suit involves court fees to be paid on the amount of the share of each person seeking it from the court..

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