P&H: Sets aside decree in century-old inheritance dispute, says plaintiffs failed to link land to ancestor’s estate
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a second appeal in a long-running family property dispute, holding that the plaintiffs could not prove that the land they claimed was actually part of the estate left behind by their ancestor, Ram Sahai.
The case involved legal heirs of Ram Sahai, who died in 1906 and had land in three villages, including Kaliawas. The plaintiffs, from one branch of the family, claimed that a mutation of inheritance in Kaliawas had wrongly excluded several heirs and that they were entitled to a share in the land.
The defendants opposed the suit, arguing...
