Dear learned senior friends,
My issue is as below:
My grandfmother had a piece of land in Patna in her name, and expired in 1989. My grandfather was residing there till his death in Aug 2005. My grandfather had 5 children - 3 sons (including my father) and 2 daughters. All sons and daughers have one or more male child. My father has two daughters and one son (that is me). My father expired in 1993.
Regarding my father's one fifth share in the ancestral property (land, locker and cash in the bank account) - who is elegible for this share? Is it only me or is it my sisters too.
I have read somewhere that women become elegible to own share of ancestral property only if the father was alive as on On September 9, 2005 or later (bench of Justices Anil R Dave and Adarsh K Goel held that the date of a daughter becoming co-parcener is on and from the commencement of the landmark amendment to The Hindu Succession Act of 1956 thus on 9th of September onwards).
Dear seniors, please confirm if this ruling applies in this case.
