Coparcenary

relinquishing property rights is not gift
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The sisters executed the Relinquishment Deeds (‘RD’) to release their share in favour of their brother, and there was no economic consideration exchanged at the time of the execution. All the RDs were basically acknowledging the bequest made by the father in favour of his son.”

Ancestral Property
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“Ancestral property is a rightful heritage, not a personal asset.”

Op EdsOP. ED.

by Aparna N.*and Nayana Tara BG**

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras High Court: G. Jaya Chandran, J., expressed that the individual property can blend with the ancestral property or with the joint

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bombay High Court: R.D. Dhanuka, J., held that relinquishment of properties held by the legal heirs of a person whose properties were