8 key facts every grandchild should know about inheriting grandfather’s property

Under Indian law, a grandson does not have an automatic right to his grandfather’s house or land. If the property is ancestral, the grandson has a right by birth as a coparcener, meaning he inherits a share through his father, who is a direct heir. For self-acquired property, the grandson can only inherit if his father (the grandfather’s son) has died; otherwise, the property goes to the grandfather’s children. So, a grandson inherits indirectly, not directly from his grandfather, except in ancestral property where rights are by birth.