Apni Law Staff asked 1 year ago
My father owned a property, and he had three brothers. After his passing, his siblings are demanding a share in the property. I have three payment cheques, but they stole the slip of a Demand Draft (DD) and claim their father made the payment using that DD. The rest of the payments were made in cash. Since the property was purchased by my father, do his siblings have a claim on it? My father worked, but his brothers didn’t, and we rarely interacted. We only got together for occasional family functions. Considering our limited interaction and separate living arrangements, can this case be considered a “HUF” (Hindu Undivided Family) matter?
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Apni Law Staff answered 1 year ago
Under Indian law, a property purchased solely by your father is his individual property, not HUF property. His siblings have no claim on it unless they can prove he held it in trust for them or they were joint purchasers. The stolen DD slip is not evidence of ownership, and the cash payments don’t establish a joint ownership claim.
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