Partition Act, 1893
4. Partition suit by transferee of share in dwelling-house
(1) Where a share of a dwelling-house belonging to an undivided
family has been transferred to a person who is not a member of such family and
such transferee sues for partition, the Court shall, if any member of the
family being a shareholder shall undertake to buy the share of such transferee,
make a valuation of such share in such manner as it thinks fit and direct the
sale of such share to such shareholder, and may give all necessary and proper
directions in that behalf.
(2) If in any case described in sub-section (1) two or more members
of the family being such shareholders severally undertake to buy such share,
the Court shall follow the procedure prescribed by sub-section (2) of the last
foregoing section.