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Sir/Ma'am, I need legal advice regarding an ancestral property dispute
07-Feb-2026 (In Property Law)
Sir/Ma'am, I need legal advice regarding an ancestral property dispute. My grandfather registered the property in my father’s name in 1992-93. My grandfather passed away in 1993. Now, in 2026, my father's sisters are threatening to file a case for a share. Since the transfer was registered 33 years ago and occurred before the 2005 Amendment cut-off (Dec 2004), do they have any legal standing? My father has been in exclusive possession this entire time
No, your father's sisters do not have a legal standing to claim a share in the property under the circumstances described, primarily due to the property transfer occurring long before the relevant legal amendment and the expiration of the limitation period for challenging such transfers.
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Adv. Dhruv. K
Bangalore / Bengaluru | 100+ Answers
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firstly, without looking into the documents the advice to the pertaining question cannot be effective. Having said that, assuming if your grandfather got the property from his father then it will be ancestral, if he purchased the and subsequently transferred to your father then it will not amount to ancestral property and in that case no share can be giving.
however, if the property is ancestral then they will get a chance of partition subject to provision.
kind call me for further details
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Adv. Mohamed Ahmed
Mangalore | 5+ Answers
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