Supreme Court says grandson has no birthright in father's inherited share

The Supreme Court rejected a grandson’s claim to his grandfather’s property in a case involving a property in Chennai.

The grandson’s mother filed a partition suit in 1997, seeking half of the property on his behalf.

The property had already been divided among the grandfather’s legal heirs, and the grandson’s father received a 1,811-square-foot share under a 1994 decree.

The father later sold that share, while the grandson argued that he had a right to it from birth.

The court said that the father’s inherited share became his individual property under the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, so his son could not claim a separate coparcenary interest in it.

The ruling clarifies when grandchildren can claim a share in ancestral property after it has been divided among legal heirs.