How long will it take to get judgement from court if we file a case for partition of ancestral property?

We are a Hindu family. My wife and I got married in 2006 in the UK. She was a British citizen and I hold an Indian passport. I'm living and working in the UK currently. My wife passed away in 2021 due to a chronic disease. Last year the sole survivor from my wife's family, my father in law passed away too. He had a flat in S. Cruz west in Mumbai and bank savings along with a locker. He has a brother and a sister who are alive. My wife's mother and elder brother had passed away before I had met my wife. Some banks have me as nominee and some do not. As my father in law has not left a WilI and he does have a surviving brother and sister, I'd like to know what are my options for applying as a inheritor to his property and assets, according to the Indian laws. Is it wise to make a claim? What is the duration of these decisions in the Indian courts and what are the expense amount I will be looking at?

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Advocate By LEAD INDIA Answered: 17 May 2023

Hello Sir/Mam

If the property was ancestral property then only the brother and sister can claim for it and if the property is self earned property then the legal heirs as per The Hindu Succession Act will the sole owner of the property,

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