Property law
This area concerns immovable property: checking title before a transaction, the documents that transfer or license property, co-operative housing societies, tenancies, and disputes over possession and ownership.
The practice covers
- Title verification and searches before purchase
- Agreements for sale, sale deeds, gift deeds, leave and licence agreements and powers of attorney, with stamp duty and registration
- Co-operative housing society matters: membership, transfer of flats and redevelopment
- Property in Navi Mumbai held on CIDCO lease: transfer and related documentation
- Landlord and tenant, and licensor and licensee, disputes
- Complaints about real estate projects before MahaRERA
- Suits for partition, possession and injunction
Laws most often involved
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882
- Registration Act, 1908
- Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958
- Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960
- Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999
- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
Where such matters are heard
- Civil courts and Small Causes Courts
- Co-operative courts and the authorities under the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act
- Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA)
Courts at Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.
Further reading
Explanatory articles by the advocate on juristco.com, an educational legal library:
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