Undivided immovable property

shyam lal (Querist) 22 July 2024 This query is : Resolved

There is a unregistered (christian)family settlement pertaining to immovable undivided property where in agreed by all share holders that the property is to be equally divided.
Query is when one of the share holders dies.. Who is the rightful owner of his share? Is the share be divided among the remaining living share holders or the wife/siblings of the deceased share holder..

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This discussion clarifies inheritance rules for undivided immovable property among Christians in India, particularly after a family settlement. If a shareholder dies, their share devolves according to the Indian Succession Act, 1925. For a Christian man dying intestate, his widow receives one-third and his children two-thirds of his share. If a partition agreement, registered or not, was in place, the deceased's share passes to their own legal heirs.

kavksatyanarayana (Expert) 23 July 2024
Under the Indian Succession Act,1925 for christian, if the deceased man died intestate his property devolved 1/3 to his widow and 2/3 to his lineal descendants (children).

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Expert) 23 July 2024
The shareholders if have agreed to divide the proeprty whether by a registered or an unregistered partition deed, the share of each shareholder shall devolve upon each of them and subsequent to the death of one of the shareholders, his or her share shall devolve on their respective legal heirs.

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