Courts are raising the bar for ancestral property claims, saying that simply labelling a property “ancestral” is not enough. Claimants must prove a traceable lineage from the original ancestor to themselves through documentary records such as revenue entries and proof of possession. Recent rulings stress that birthright alone does not establish ownership, and weak or missing chain-of-title evidence leads to dismissal.
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