P&H: Admission made by a party in pleadings is substantive evidence against the maker
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed an appeal by daughters who claimed a birthright in land they said was ancestral property in their father’s hands. Justice Deepak Gupta held that inheritance from a father, by itself, does not establish that property became coparcenary property in the son’s hands.
The daughters challenged a 2008 relinquishment deed executed by their father in favour of their brother and a 2010 sale deed transferring the property to a subsequent purchaser. They argued that the property was ancestral and that the deeds could not defeat their rights. Their father and other family members...
