Supreme Court rules on grandson's claim to grandfather's property

The Supreme Court has ruled that a grandson cannot claim a share in property inherited by his father from his grandfather. This decision concludes a 29-year legal battle, rejecting a son's plea for partition of his father's property, which he claimed was ancestral. The court clarified that under the Hindu Succession Act, a son's son is not considered a Class I heir and thus has no birthright to his grandfather's property. The bench stated that a son becomes the absolute owner of property inherited from his father and can manage it without including his sons. It emphasized that the 1956 law does not grant a grandson the right to claim a share in his grandfather's property while his father is alive. This ruling reinforces the interpretation of Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, which governs property devolution.