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Short, practical pieces on the questions we are asked most often — what the law requires, what it costs, and what to do first.

Property

September 2026 · 5 min read

Civil court or revenue court — who actually decides your property dispute

Patta and mutation disputes go to the revenue authorities; title and ownership go to the civil court. Filing in the wrong forum is one of the most common reasons a property case stalls for years.

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Property

Someone has encroached your land — police complaint, civil suit, or executive magistrate

Encroachment is usually a civil wrong, not a crime, which is why a police complaint alone rarely removes anyone from your land. Here is which remedy actually applies to your situation.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

What a bank's property legal opinion actually checks — and what it does not

A clean bank legal opinion tells you the loan can be sanctioned. It does not tell you the title has no defects, and treating the two as the same thing is where buyers get caught out.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

Before you sign a property sale agreement, get these clauses right

An agreement to sell is not a formality before the real document — it is the contract that decides what happens if either side does not perform. Five clauses do most of the work.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

A nil Encumbrance Certificate does not mean a property is safe to buy

A clean EC tells you what is registered at that sub-registrar's office for the period searched — nothing more. Several real risks simply do not appear in it at all.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

The pre-purchase checklist we actually use, beyond title verification

Title verification answers whether the seller can convey the property. It does not answer whether the layout is approved, the land use is legal, or the property is mortgaged — due diligence covers all of it.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Property

Recovering possession of your property — the remedy depends on how you lost it

Dispossessed by force, overstayed by a tenant, or facing a stranger's adverse possession claim — each situation has a different legal route, and picking the wrong one wastes the time you don't have.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

First appeal or second appeal — what changes when a property case reaches the High Court

A first appeal from a trial court decree reopens facts and law both. A second appeal to the High Court reopens almost nothing unless a substantial question of law is actually involved.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Contract Law

When a business deal breaks down: your real options under contract law

A supplier who took the advance and never delivered, a client who won't pay the bill, a franchisee ignoring the agreement — the remedy depends on which of these you're actually facing, not on how angry you are about it.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Employment

Salary, termination, NDAs and notice periods — what employment contract disputes actually turn on

Unpaid salary, a sudden termination, a bonus that never arrived — each has a different statutory remedy in India, and knowing which one applies changes how fast you can actually get paid.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Property

Builder delay, advance refunds and lease breaches — the contract-law side of property disputes

Beyond title verification and RERA, every property transaction is also a contract, and breach of that contract has its own remedies — refund with interest, specific performance, or damages, depending on what you actually want.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Banking & Finance

Loan approved but the money never came? Where banking contract disputes actually go first

Hidden charges, an EMI that doesn't match the sanction letter, a guarantor being chased first — most banking disputes have a faster, cheaper first stop than civil court, and it's worth knowing before you file anything.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Consumer Law

Defective product, rejected warranty, subscription you can't cancel — your consumer rights in practice

The Consumer Protection Act 2019 gives you more than most people use — jurisdiction where you live, a regulator that can fine misleading ads, and rules that specifically ban the dark patterns making cancellation deliberately hard.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Construction

Contractor walked off the job, or the work is cracking — construction contract disputes explained

Abandoned work, poor quality, payment fights and blown deadlines all trace back to the same document — the construction contract's defects-liability, payment and delay clauses decide who actually owes whom.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Corporate

Territory, royalty, brand misuse — what actually drives franchise and licensing disputes

A franchise relationship runs on ongoing obligations, not a single transaction, which is why fee, territory and royalty disputes need to be read against the termination clause before either side decides to walk.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Family

Prenups, separation agreements and maintenance deals — what actually binds in Indian family law

A prenuptial agreement is not automatically enforceable in India the way it might be elsewhere, and maintenance and custody are statutory rights a private agreement generally can't sign away. Here's what actually holds.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Corporate

Profit hidden, capital not contributed, partner won't exit — resolving partnership disputes under the law

The Indian Partnership Act gives every partner a right to accounts, a route to dissolution, and — unusually — lets partners actually enforce a non-compete against each other where employers generally can't.

September 2026 · 7 min read

Property

Can a registered gift deed be cancelled? What the law actually allows

A completed gift is not meant to be revocable at will — but Indian law does recognise real grounds to cancel one, including a specific remedy for parents left unsupported after gifting their home.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

Settlement deed, gift deed, or Will — which one actually fits your family's plan

All three move property to the next generation, but they take effect at different times, cost different amounts to register, and offer very different protection to the person giving up the property.

September 2026 · 6 min read

Property

Is probate of a Will mandatory in Chennai? Only in these cases

Probate is not required everywhere in India — but Chennai is a Presidency town, and that one fact makes probate compulsory for a class of Wills that most families do not realise applies to them.

September 2026 · 6 min read

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