I am single daughter of my parents residing in Maharashtra. My mother's mother (maternal grandmother) had some land in her name passed to her via ancestral property. My mother's father (maternal grandfather passed away many decades ago) . My maternal grandmother passed away around 10-15 years back. Following which the property share was passed to her children including my mother. My mother passed away 5 years back and I live with my father. Due to cheating and threatening nature of my mother's siblings especially her younger brother, my mother had not nominated anyone for her property share in her mother's land. Now, my mother's brother is asking us to provide him with my mother's death certificate so he can produce it in the panchayat and get the land cleared under his name.
We don't have any legal papers about the land. Infact, we are not really sure about the location as well. ASking my uncle for the papers is a daunting task, because he abuses and threatens everyone. He has been doing this since decades. We don't take action because we are already troubled by my father's health issues and other pressing concerns. My uncle claims that we don't have any right to the land since my mother has already passed away. In this case, do we have any right to the land? We are hindus and reside in Maharastra, the property is also in Maharashtra.
