Right of First Refusal Under Hindu Succession Act Extends to Co-Parceners: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the preferential right to purchase property under Section 22 of the Hindu Succession Act applies not only to immediate heirs but also to co-parceners.

The ruling came in a dispute where three brothers opposed the sale of joint family property by their uncles and step-brothers to outsiders.

The Court permitted the brothers to exercise their right to purchase, instructing them to deposit the price along with 6% simple interest from 31 December 1992 within 90 days if they had not paid earlier.

[Thukaram  Haribhau]