Property and Civil Disputes: blogs and guides
18 guides on property and civil disputes, written for people dealing with the problem now.
Partition Suit for Ancestral and Joint Property in Delhi
How a partition suit for ancestral or jointly inherited property works in Delhi courts: who can file, which court, the two decrees, and what slows it down.
Daughter's Share in Ancestral Property After Vineeta Sharma
What the Supreme Court decided in Vineeta Sharma, how a daughter's share in ancestral and inherited property is worked out, and what defeats or protects it.
Probate of a Will in Delhi: When It Is Needed and How
Whether you need probate of a will in Delhi after the 2025 change to Section 213, when it still helps, and how a probate petition is filed and proved.
Succession Certificate for Bank Deposits, Shares and Debts
When you need a succession certificate to collect a deceased person's bank deposits, shares or money owed, which court grants it, and how the process runs.
Legal Heir Certificate vs Succession Certificate: Which Do You Need
How a legal heir certificate from the SDM differs from a court succession certificate, and which one banks, companies, pension offices and courts actually ask for.
Someone Has Occupied Your Property: Civil and Criminal Remedies
What to do when a trespasser, relative, caretaker or encroacher takes over your house or plot: police complaint, section 6 suit, possession suit, injunction and BNSS proceedings.
Tenant Not Vacating in Delhi: Eviction Under the Rent Control Act
How a Delhi landlord evicts a tenant who will not leave: the ₹3,500 rent test, section 14 grounds, the section 25B fast track, civil suits and what not to do.
Injunction Suit to Stop Construction or Interference With Your Property
How to get a civil court to stop a neighbour, co-owner, builder or stranger from building on or interfering with your property: Order 39 stays, permanent and mandatory injunctions.
Specific Performance of an Agreement to Sell After the 2018 Amendment
When a seller backs out of an agreement to sell, can a court force the sale? How the 2018 amendment changed specific performance, and what buyers must prove.
GPA, Agreement and Will Sales: Do They Give You Title
Bought property on a GPA, agreement to sell and will? What these documents give you after Suraj Lamp, what they do not, and how to convert them into title.
Property Mutation in Delhi and UP: Process and Disputes
How property mutation works in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, which office handles it, the documents, what mutation does not do, and how to handle mutation disputes.
Recovering Money Through a Summary Suit Under Order 37
How a summary suit under Order 37 CPC works for recovering loans, cheques, invoices and other written debts: which claims qualify, the steps, leave to defend and execution.
Limitation Periods for Civil Suits: Deadlines You Should Know
The time limits for money, property, contract and declaration suits under the Limitation Act 1963, when the clock starts, what extends it, and how to work out your own deadline.
Sending a Legal Notice: When It Helps and What to Include
When a legal notice is required before a civil suit, when it helps, what to put in it, how to send it, and what to do if nobody replies.
Can a Gift Deed Be Cancelled? Grounds and Process
When a registered gift deed can be cancelled, on what grounds, through which court or tribunal, within what time, and why a one-sided cancellation deed fails.
Ancestral or Self-Acquired Property: Why the Difference Matters
How Indian law tells ancestral property from self-acquired property, why the 1956 cut-off decides most cases, and what the label changes for sale, gift, will and partition.
Benami Property: Claims and the Benami Transactions Act
When a property bought in someone else's name counts as benami, when the person who paid can still go to court, and what the Income Tax Department can do.
Court Fee and Suit Valuation in Delhi Civil Suits
How a Delhi civil suit is valued, which court the value sends it to, how court fee is worked out for each relief, and what happens if it is wrong.