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What are legal rights over Ancestral Property?


22-Jun-2023 (In Property Law)
My Father and his brother sold an ancestral property in 2003 in UP. My father and his brother took equal share from the sales proceeds. My father had two sons. The elder one died in 1995. My father had not given any share from the sales proceeds to his elder daughter in-law. The was sold through the power of attorney issued in the name of his younger son that's me. Now the elder daughter in-law has filed a police complaint in UP. Can the police complaint be made after 14 years of the disposal of the house? What role does the police have in this case? My father died in 2005. Can the case be filed in the court after his death? Kindly advise.
Answers (2)

Answer #1
804 votes
There is no cause of action made after 14 years. So no locus be made in favour of daughter in law. daughter in law is just entitled to own her husband's property not the ancestral property. If the FIR filed by in laws you are not liable pay for the same.
Answer #2
561 votes
What is the nature of the property? Agricultural or residential. You need to provide more details for the same. After 14 years she can not file a case or complaint regarding the property. What is the reason given for such late complaint?

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