Ancestral Property, Right Of Birth Wholly Foreign To Muslim Law Court Rejects Woman's Plea For Share In Father's Estate: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has clarified that the concepts of joint family property, ancestral property and right by birth, which are recognized under Hindu law, cannot be applied to disputes governed by Mohammedan law. The judgment was delivered by Justice J C Doshi while deciding a batch of civil revision applications and appeals arising from a long-standing family dispute in Vadodara. Background of the Dispute The dispute arose between siblings…
