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kushal gupta (business)     02 May 2012

Will

A Widow mother had out of her own money had bought a 500 sq yard house in delhi. she had 3 children , 2 sons and 1 eldest daughter. she used to live with her youngest son, eldest daughter used to live out of the city and second son used to stay at some other place with his own family and was not in good terms with mother.Unfortunately he was handicapped / walk with support of one person but during his good health days had amassed good property and used to live a good  life. The mother before her death had written a unregistered will whereby she had given the ground floor and first floor of the constructed portion in the said plot of land entirely to younger son, who continued to occupy the house , since he took care of the mother during her illness and supported her thorught her early days. Mother seeing the health of the eldest son , left the roof of the top floor to her elder son, roof is empty with no construction on it. Now elder brother is claiming 50% share in property by virtue of owning the roof and the mcd allowing third flloor construction. the  younger son is saying that this will defeat the intention of mother who wanted to give the entire share in constructed property to him, with just a token to elder son. the will only uses the word 'roof of top floor to elder son', without specfying for what purposes it can be used neither dose it specfied about the third floor , as at the time of writting the will 3rd floor was not allowed. since the building is 35 yers old build in parts , structral saftey is also in question.

Please advice who own what and how this problem can be solved.



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Adv.R.P.Chugh (Advocate/Legal Consultant (rpchughadvocatesupremecourt@hotmail.com))     02 May 2012

Dear Querist,

Wills are one of the most respected & solemn documents known to law. Law takes great care in giving the last desire & intention of the testator full effect. In cases such as present - the intention was indeed to give roof to the elder son without qualifying it with how the same was to be used. The will does not place any fetters on how the roof is to be used, and if the MCD allows - there should not be any bar. That won't make the elder son the co-owner - he would still own only the 3rd floor of the house. 

 

However nothing concrete can be commented without a threa-bare perusal of will - the tone and tenor thereof, and the discernible intention. 

kushal gupta (business)     02 May 2012

hi sir, thanks for the response,

just 2 clarify the intention was to give roof over the first floor, without specfying its further use,

now mcd has allowed 3rd floor so does it mean the 3rd floor alos lies with elder son by virtue of roof being occupied by him for the 2nd floor

wouldnt it defeat the purpose of will write who gave the majority share to younger son.

how would you define a owner ,since in delhi nowdays if you own a floor you become owner of that premises.

can the younger son claim to be the owner of the 3rd fllor by virtue of being holder of ground floor / first floor,

what parameter the court will consider


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