Supreme Court Rules Grandsons Have No Birthright In Property Devoted To Father

The <b>Supreme Court</b> has ruled that grandsons do not possess any independent property right or birthright in a grandfather's estate once it is partitioned under Section 8 of the <b>Hindu Succession Act</b>. A bench of Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sunita Agarwal delivered the verdict while dismissing an appeal. The case involved a minor son who originally filed a suit in 1997 seeking a half share in land received by his father through a 1994 compromise decree. The father had subsequently sold this land. The bench clarified that once property devolves on Class I heirs and undergoes partition, the share allotted to the father becomes his exclusive individual property. The <b>judiciary</b> concluded that the son has no legal right by birth in such individually owned property.