Respected Sir/Madam,
I’m here to seek your benign advise on my legal query as follows;
There was some agricultural land registered in the name of my late father. After his death in the year 1998. I offered my bothers and sisters handsome consideration if they agreed to execute the Gift Deed of the said land in my favour, for which they gave their consent. I accordingly took all of them to the Sub-Registrar Office and after their signatures/thumb impressions, the Gift Deed was executed in my favor.
I had one more sister who died much before the death of my father. Since she had no good terms with us after her marriage, she lived separately and never visited us and even her children never came to us during all these years. Therefore, I did not think of obtaining their signatures also at the time of execution of my Gift Deed.
Now after so many years, the children of my late sister have woken up and demanding me to pay their share as well in my above land, failing which they would approach the Court.
Under the above circumstances, kindly advise me if they are entitled to challenge my Gift Deed in the Court after a period of 16 years. If yes, can the Court cancel my entire Gift Deed and the land will be again divided amongst all siblings or I may be directed to give only the share of my late sister to her children, as my other siblings have already executed the Gift Deed in my favour.
I look forward to your early reply in the above matter, for which I shall be grateful to you.
Thanks in anticipation of your quick reply.
Ahmed Khan