Legal questions on Property Law

Can my former landlord ask for money after I've left the property?

Hi, I was living in a flat as tenant from 2018 November till 2023 January. I paid the rent every month as agreed from 2018 November till 2020 July. Then it was pandemic time and as I work in tourism sector in India I lost my job and there was no source of income for my family till 2021 November. We struggled a lot at that time and we were unable to pay the rent of that period. Then again from 2...

Security deposit

Hello lawyers, I'm currently staying at kailash colony, South Delhi for the past 2 months. I don't have any written rent agreement with my landlord, but orally i told her I'll stay for 11 months. Due to my work schedule and the behaviour of landlord, i wanted to shift from here as soon as possible. So I'm shifting next month. I paid 20k as rent for the first month and 22k rent as second m...

Buyer back out after 3 month without signing sale agreement

Hello, January 2024, we agreed to resale our flat to one buyer with agreed advance payment of 10%, but he only transferred 51000/- on 31.01.24 (which is not 0.5% of the flat value), as he said he would pay more amount at the time of signing the agreement but after that. The first 15 days - He was vanished and didn't respond to our call by stating he was sick and hospitalised, so he was unab...

Double Maintenance of Tenants

Dear Advocates/Legal Advisors, I am reaching out to seek your guidance regarding an issue I am facing in my current residence. I reside in a rented flat under the Mukhya Mantri Aawas Yojana at Shashtrinagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. For some time now, I have observed that the society charges double maintenance fees from tenants compared to owners. For example, if an owner pays Rs. 300 for main...

Inquiry Regarding Property Purchase in Delhi

I am writing to seek clarification and guidance regarding a property I am considering purchasing in Delhi. After shortlisting a third-floor unit, I discovered discrepancies in the building's construction compared to the approved map. According to my findings, the approved map indicated a structure comprising Basement (B), Ground (G), First (1st), and Second (2nd) floors, covering an area of ...

Patta vs sale deed measurement - which is valid?

Hi all We are living in tamilnadu in a land classified as grama natham which was bought before 30 years. It had it's patta issued before 20 years. We built a house before 15 years and living there ever since. The total measurement in our sale deed is 1044 sqft. And our patta measures 1475 sq.ft. but we were not aware of our measurements. Before our house there was a land which was vacant all...

Can Society pass a resolution to clamp a vehicle that is illegal or noncompliant

Hello Respected Lawyers, Hope you are are well!!! I am Avdhut Killedar, a resident and one of the committee members of My society located in Thane west, Maharashtra. The society has already passed a resolution covering a parking policy(Rules) wherein every member is asked to sign an undertaking to follow the rules and if found violated by any member then society may take an appropriate action ...

Renting of Residencial Property for Commercial Purpose

Subject: Renting of Residencial Property for Commercial Purpose Sir We live in a Multi Flats Building with only 10 ownership Flats in 4 Floors In the ground floor there is no Flats, have some Commercial Shops like Dosa Shop,Two Medical Shops and two car garages of two Flat Owners Recently one has lent out his garage to a Kachori Shop which Is using Gas cylinders and which may cause some ...

Cancellation of agreement of sale for not having original documents but buyer refused for the cancel

The documents we have are sale deed , digital kata ,23years tax paper and EC on my name but our property is not registered but notarized and we do not have original documents as its with my mom she refused to give it so I decided to sell it with Xerox copies but I have sale deed and digital kata as certified copies with only these documents I made an agreement of sale for plot was 75 days.so th...

Regarding Holding Occupancy Rights of Tenants in Cantonment Area

My grandfather started a shop as a tenant in 1950 in Cantonment Area and my family is running the said business till date. The Landlord sold the Old Grant property (only the superstructure; lands belongs to Central Government Ministry Of Defence) to one of the neighbor tenant in 2018 via Sale Deed. The Sale Deed has mention of the various tenants and rent fixed per month. The rents were frozen ...

Seeking Expert Advice on Legal Recourse for Resident's Unauthorized Obstruction of Commercial Proper

Dear Team, I operate a commercial office located within a DSIDC Shed in Delhi, which has been granted commercial approval. These sheds are situated within a residential area, yet they are equipped with proper boundary walls, roads, and gates to ensure minimal inconvenience to nearby residents. However, recently, a neighboring resident has affixed four angles in front of my office railing to ...

Property rights.

Hi Sir, Hope you are fine. I need your help in one clarification regarding property rights. Myself Anu, from Kerala. For my father we are 3 children myself,brother and sister. I am the elder one, my sister she did (Love Marriage) without informing us. They went absconding and got married. Now she and her husband came long back and she has one month old child and trying to stay in our home...

Sale Deed:Wanted to check if following points in Sale Deed is safe for me (as the Vendor) to sign pl

1. The Vendors do hereby covenant with the Purchasers that the Vendors have full power and good title to convey absolutely the said House hereditaments and House hereby granted or expressed so to be unto and to the use of the Purchasers and the Purchasers shall and may at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enjoy the said House without any lawful eviction, interruption, claim and demand w...

I (daughter) think I might of signed a waiver of rights to property (ansestor /acquired /or both)

Hi to all: please help; when I turned 18th years old, I used to think my father was such a great man and trusting him Blindly, I listed to him when he took my mother and my brother to the taluk/registrar office and told us three one by one to go inside and sign to a “document” I was such a naive girl I never thought to even read through anything or even the TITLE lines etc. He never explain...

Daughters rights on ancestral properties

Hi, My father in law and mother in law have disputes for many years and in 2014, she filed case against my father in law. In 2016, the court finally issued stay order on the ancestral properties that he cannot sell or transfer to anyone by any mean. Also court asked my father in law to pay every month Rs 500. But till the death, he didn't paid anything. In 2019, my mother in law died due to ...

Agriculture water well dispute, police force me not to use

Hi There, My name is Anil, I bought agriculture land in 1999 and dug water well in 2012, lucky I got water also, now my neighbour farmer name Rashid also tried digging water well close to my water well thinking he'll also get water but unfortunately he didn't not, now Rashid started saying previous owner of my and his land was same, so I also have share in Anil,s water well (its me), and sta...

Estranged stepmother

Multiple marriages and inheritance My father was married twice. The first wife left him some 33 years ago and my mom took care of my dad until his last breath. We are the family from the second wife. They have a girl from their first marriage, who is now already married and have kids. I am the only son of the family and we are from Assam. The property is under my name however, I got a ca...

Landlord dead without will and successor has not claim succession after death for building on pagadi

Hello Sir, I am staying at mumbai Malad West, I am Staying at chawl system which is on pagadi basis and building was constructed in 1959, the original building was in name of land lady and was managed by his husband. The Land lady and husband have total six children, all was living away in duabai, they did not attended the funeral of her mother and not tooken any care therefore both old couple...

How can I and my father can sell our Ancestral Property without my grandfather and his second son

I am 29 years old and I am the only child to my father who's 55 years and my grandfather is still alive and has one more son who has one daughter and a son. As per the division and rituals after the demise of my great grandfather my grandfather became karta and all the land (Ancestral property) got transferred or legally acquired by my grandfather and remained unsold and undivided in betwee...

Real estate agent is harassing me

Hello, whoever reads this, I hope you are doing well. I had recently seen like 4 flats through a broker and liked 1, he showed me that flat like 2 times and he even gave me the key of that flat for few hours as I wanted my family to see that flat as well. Later on, I gave him a price which I could afford and he said that owner is not agreeing on this price, so I told him that no worries I’ll l...