From Hindustan Times
Center Owned by HT MediaGrandson can’t claim birthright in property after partition: Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court clarified that under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 a grandson cannot claim a birthright in property that his father inherited. The Court explained that a son does not acquire a right by birth in property inherited by his father from the grandfather, especially when that property has already been partitioned among the grandfather’s legal heirs, as per Section 8 of the Act.
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The Supreme Court has held that a son does not acquire a right by birth in property inherited by his father from his grandfather under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, particularly where the property has already been partitioned among the grandfather's legal heirs.
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The Supreme Court has clarified that a grandson cannot claim a birthright in property inherited by his father under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The ruling explains when inherited property becomes the father's exclusive property.
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The ruling dismisses a 29-year-old partition suit, holding that property inherited by father under the Hindu Succession Act becomes his individual property.
