‘Joint Family Concept Foreign to Muslim Law’: Gauhati HC on Inherited Property

‘Joint Family Concept Foreign to Muslim Law’: Gauhati HC on Inherited Property

The Gauhati High Court has reiterated that under Muslim law, the interests of individual heirs are separate and distinct and the concept of a joint family or representation does not apply. The court held that a brother cannot automatically act as the legal guardian of his minor siblings and sell their share of inherited property. The ruling came while upholding a woman’s claim over a disputed parcel of land that she had possessed for more than t…