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sanjay sood (proprietor)     08 June 2012

Hindu succession

My father (now 80 years old) and his two brothers constructed houses on a plot of land originally inherited from thier father (my grand father) with a mutual understanding. In due course of time they  divided legally between them this property with each having his plot defined with the house thereon. My father has willed (registered will) his house equally to me & my brother. Can my two married sisters (married in late seventies) challange the will and claim a share in this house. If he left no will then what would be the status. Thank you.

Sanjay Sood



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Guest (Guest)     08 June 2012

They can certainly challenge the will on the ground that it was not made with the personal volition of the testator, meaning thereby that your father was induced by coercion or undue influence to make a bequest of his properties in favour of you and your brother. If the will is held as invalid, the property would devolve in the same manner in which it would have devolved if there was no will. All the class 1 legal heirs of your father would get an equal share in the property of your father.


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