Ancestral property

Member of joint Hindu family can stake exclusive claim only on self-acquired property: SC

Supreme Court has said that every Hindu family is joint in food, worship and estate.

Sep 14, 2017, 22:12 PM IST

Nuns, priests have rights over personal property: HC

The court gave the verdict on an appeal filed by a Christian priest challenging a principal sub-court's order that he cannot claim right to ancestral property.

Jun 09, 2017, 14:35 PM IST

Daughters cannot inherit ancestral property if father died before 2005: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court holds that the father would have to be alive on September 09, 2005, if the daughter were to become a co-sharer with her male siblings in ancestral property.

Nov 03, 2015, 10:07 AM IST