Property

My stepmother is asserting her share in the ancestral property, currently registered under my late grandfather’s name, who passed away four years ago. The property is yet to be distributed, and my stepmother vacated our ancestral home three years ago, residing elsewhere with her daughter. The daughter, who lived with us before marrying 25 years ago and subsequently leaving our house, is now asserting her rights over the property. I seek advice on the validity of my stepmother and her daughter’s claim to my father’s property following his demise.

Requesting the police to arrange for a revenue officer’s survey to address issues of trespassing and unauthorized construction on gram sabha land, while the panchayat is not pursuing legal action.

I have a daughter and two stepsons. Do my stepsons have any claim to my property?

My family members are trying to buy my property using preemption right at a lower cost in Kolkata, West Bengal . I have one bigha land with a pond and 1000 sq feet renovated house in North 24 parganas. I’m getting higher price from outside people. What should I do to get higher price of my property?

A sale deed of property was executed between buyer and seller. Buyer made payment to seller in advance thru four cheque numbers and one NEFT transaction and all payments were realized After few days sale deed was executed. After few months it was noticed that two cheque numbers out of four cheque numbers are not matching with the actual cheque numbers which were paid in advance by the buyer. BUYER was informed and he gave a notarized affidavit stating all the correct cheque numbers in the affidavit giving reference of sale deed. There is no other change in sale deed. Is it O.K. or anything else needs to be done.

My age is 16 and I’m the only son. My mother died 3 years back and so now my father is going to re-marry. It’s a very tough situation, my father says that he’ll give the entire property and assets to my grandmother and then she’ll give all that to me when I’m old enough. Everything we own is ancestral property but then there is also assets like gold or silver. So is there any chance that my stepmother can acquire all that and push me out. I’m scared please answer.

I want to obtain a court stay order on the adjoining neighbour construction due to the risk of damage to my house.

Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 are two brothers, with Mr. 1 residing in India and Mr. 2 in the USA. Mr. 1 purchased property AB in Bombay, India. The agreement for this property was made in 1973, specifying that Mr. 1 and Mr. 2 are identified as purchasers, and they jointly agreed to buy from the vendor. The vendor was responsible for constructing a building on the plot, and the brothers would acquire an AB flat within that building.

Although Mr. 2’s name was used in the agreement, it was Mr. 1 who actually made the purchase. Mr. 2 resided in the USA, while Mr. 1 was in India. Consequently, the property in the USA belonged to Mr. 2, and the property in India belonged to Mr. 1. In 1978, Mr. 1 obtained the share certificate of the society solely in his name, with Mr. 2’s name never being added to it.

Mr. 1 is my father, and Mr. 2 is his biological brother. In 1988, Mr. 2 and his wife created a will stating that they were relinquishing their rights to property AB. Although the will was signed by two witnesses, Mr. 2 had a daughter named AAA and a son named BBB, both of whom were minors at the time of the will’s creation. This will was neither registered nor notarized; it was solely signed. Mr. 2 passed away in 1989, and his wife in 2022. AAA and BBB are now adults.

Mr. 1 also passed away in 2016. He transferred all the property to his wife, who subsequently transferred property AB to me through a registered gift deed.

Now, my questions are:

Since the share certificate, maintenance bills, and electric bills have been in Mr. 1’s name since 1978, and everything has been transferred to my name, including the share certificate, can I be considered the sole owner, or do AAA and BBB have any legal claims? We do not have a good relationship with them, and they are unaware of this issue.

Is there any potential legal trouble I might face due to them?

Is there a chance that a buyer might be dissatisfied with my name on the share certificate?

How can we rectify the khata number which has been wrongly mentioned. The land measurement is accurate including the disputed land.

As an ex-President and donor, I am facing a situation where 10 members have passed away, some members have resigned, and there have been no audits for 15 years, leading to a breach of trust. Three members have no objections to returning the land donated. However, the secretary and one member are attempting to transfer the trust land to another trust for their own benefits. How can I take action in this situation to protect my interests as a donor?