Supreme Court settles conflicting rulings on inheritance rights

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ISLAMABAD: Resolving conflicting jurisprudence on inheritance rights, the Supreme Court has affirmed that an inheritance-share suit becomes time-barred only if the defendant proves that the claimant knew or should reasonably have known about the denial of an heir’s share more than six years before filing the claim. Likewise, if the heir is instead trying to cancel a document he himself was party to, the suit is late only if the defendant proves the heir knew of the grounds to cancel it more than three years before filing, says the SC while affirming that limitation in inheritance suits begins only when an heir learns of an overt act repudiating their title, not from the date of an incorrect revenue mutation or…

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