My brother and I live in Delhi, and our father passed away five years ago. We have ancestral property in Bihar that’s in our mother’s name, and some land our father bought for us, registered under my brother’s name. He’s refusing to divide the property. What are my options to get my share?

You can initiate a partition suit in the civil court in Bihar, seeking division of both the ancestral property (inherited from your father) and the property purchased by him. The court will consider your mother’s ownership of the ancestral property and the registered ownership of the purchased land in your brother’s name to determine your share.