Ancestral property

VINOD (Querist) 22 September 2017 This query is : Resolved
My father inherited a self acquired residential property of my grandfather on his death in 1945 in Jalandhar as his only son. My gradmother died much earler. At the time of death of my grandfather, the family constituded of my father, his minor sister, my mother,and my minor elder brother and sister. I , the younger daughter of my father, was born in 1952.
My father sold off this property in 1962 and cleared the loan taken by him to marry off his sister in 1953.
Later, he shifted to Delhi and bought property with his own funds. My father expired in 2003 and my elder sister expired in 1996.
My elder brother and the children of my elder sister have filed a case in the court claiming the Jalandhar property as ancestral property. They also claim that Delhi property was bought with the proceeds of Jalandhar property, hence, that also ancestral property.
Could you please enlighten me if the property in question could really be called ancestral property? Could you also please tell if the family could really be called as joint hindu family as claimed by the plaintiffs?
I am hindu by religion.
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Rajendra K Goyal (Expert) 22 September 2017
From the given facts, it is doubtful that the case filed by them have any merit. The Delhi property was in the name of your father he was owner of this property.