Dear Umesh Naik,
Thank you for your query! I am Aadil and I will try to answer your query.
The short answer to your query is YES. You may get the property back.
Ancestral property laws in India are discussed in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, where it is defined as any property that has been passed on for four generations of male ancestors. This property cannot be partitioned, sold, or divided during this time, as that would result in the property losing its ancestral status. Also, the four generations of successors have the right to claim this property, and therefore the current owner of the property cannot sell this property without the consent of these successors.
Here, an aspect that has not been looked into is that the wife being a Class I heir, may inherit her husband’s ancestral property upon her death, even though she is not a coparcener to that property and thus cannot have a claim on that property when her husband is alive.
Section 14 of the Hindu Succession Act clarifies that any property owned by a woman, including through inheritance, is absolutely her own. Therefore, the second wife, along with the five children of the father from both his wives have equal claim towards the ancestral property.
Since all the successors have equal claim towards the ancestral property, no single successor can restrict or revoke the other’s claim towards the same. Therefore it would be in the best interest to file a partition suit in the respective Court so that a partition deed can be created and the property can then be divided equally between all the inheritors.
I hope this helps. Thank you for your time and patience!
Regards,
Aadil