Did your parents sell the land in your name in your childhood? You can take back your rights as soon as you turn 18, a big decision of the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has given such a historic decision regarding property and real estate, about which everyone, especially the youth, must know. This decision has given a great strength to those children whose property was sold by their parents or guardians when they were minor.

What is this big decision of the Supreme Court?

To understand in simple language, if you were a minor and your parents or any relative had sold any land, house or shop in your name, then as soon as you turn 18, you have the full right to challenge that deal and get it cancelled.

The court has also made it clear that for this you do not need to always make rounds of the court. After becoming an adult (18 years of age), you can take some such step yourself, which will make it clear that you do not agree to that old deal.

Understand the whole story from an old dispute

This case is from a village in Karnataka. It was in 1971, when a man named Rudrappa had purchased two plots in the name of his three minor sons. After some time, he sold both the plots to someone else without taking permission from the court.

When the three sons grew up and turned 18 years old, they sold the same land to another person. S. Sold Shivappa. The controversy started from here. The person who had bought the land from his father staked his claim and the one who bought it from his sons staked his claim. The matter reached the court.

What did the Supreme Court say?

While hearing this case, the Supreme Court gave this big decision. The Court said:

1. As soon as you become an adult, you can challenge: Any person can challenge the deal of property sold by his/her guardian in childhood after completing the age of 18 years.
2. Litigation is not always necessary: The biggest thing the court said was that filing a lawsuit every time is not the only way to cancel the deal. If, after attaining majority, the person takes any concrete step to assert his rights over the property (such as selling it to someone else himself), this will also be considered sufficient to negate the old deal.

The court accepted that many times the child is not even aware that any property in his name has been sold. In such a situation, it cannot be expected from him that he will directly approach the court as soon as he attains majority.

This decision is a ray of hope for millions of people whose property related decisions were taken without their consent during their childhood.