Holding that during the “lifetime of a father”, his wife and sons could not have claimed any share in the property , the Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a plea filed by a woman and her sons seeking a share in ancestral property held by her husband.

Clarifying that the man’s wife did not fall within the category of coparceners, Justice Ashish Shroti said that even if their contention were accepted, only the two sons could claim rights as coparceners.

The October 26 order observed, “The plaintiffs themselves have averred in the plaint that the man got the suit land in partition from his father. Meaning, the property was received by the man and became his self-acquired property on partition.…