law: Hindu Succession Act, 1956
  22. Preferential right to acquire property in certain
  
  cases
  (1) Where, after the commencement of this Act, interest in any
  
  immovable property of an intestate, or in any business carried on by him or
  
  her, whether solely or in conjunction with others, devolve upon to two or more
  
  heirs specified in class I of the Schedule, and any one of such heirs proposes
  
  to transfer his or her interest in the property or business, the other heirs
  
  shall have a preferential right to acquire the interest proposed to be
  
  transferred.
  (2) The consideration for which any interest in the property of
  
  the deceased may be transferred under this section shall, in the absence of any
  
  agreement between the parties, be determined by the court on application being
  
  made to it in this behalf, and if any person proposing to acquire the interest
  
  is not willing to acquire it for the consideration so determined, such person
  
  shall be liable to pay all costs of or incident to the application.
  (3) If there are two or more heirs specified in class I of the
  
  Schedule proposing to acquire any interest under this section, that heir who
  
  offers the highest consideration for the transfer shall be preferred.
  Explanation:  In this section, "court" means the
  
  court within the limits of whose jurisdiction the immovable property is situate
  
  or the business is carried on, and includes any other court which the State
  
  Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this
  
  behalf.