The Rajasthan High Court has penalised a son with an exemplary cost of Rs1 lakh for pursuing baseless litigation against his father over property rights—despite knowing the property was not part of a Hindu undivided family (HUF) or coparcenary but was personally owned by his father. In a report, Live Law says justice Sudesh Bansal, presiding over the case, observed that while children live in their father's property during childhood due to parental love, affection, and duty, this arrangement does not automatically grant them legal ownership rights once they reach adulthood and get married. The Court clarified that even when a father permits his adult son or daughter to live in his property, this does not create any legal entitlement for the child to claim ownership—unless the p

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