icon Flat purchase at Coop Housing Society at Kolkata

1. My father expired and had a flat in a cooperative housing society at Kolkata. My mother and myself, only child, are legal heirs and are getting name transferred with mother name 1st owner and mysel

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10 months ago


A. Dear Sir,
You have to enquire with local lawyer as they will be more acquainted with local laws otherwise you may be misled.

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icon Property dispute - My father who is the owner of the property

In 2011, My father who is the owner of the property, and I being his elder son signed the Family settlement deed and got it executed in the registration department to my younger brother as I was going

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,

In the case of self-acquired property of your father when you transferred your share in f/o your younger brother through a registered family settlement with the consent of your father who is also a signatory of that family settlement, you now cannot claim back your share in the self-acquired property of your deceased father which you transferred to your younger brother through a registered deed of family settlement.

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icon Widow right on the properties of her marital family

My sister being a widow. has got some death claims divided among her family members i.e., father in law, mother in law and herself. Her father in law is also having a property in his name. What is her

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,

Your widow sister can claim the right to residence in the in-law’s property after the death of her husband but to claim ownership of the property of in-laws the provisions mentioned under Sections 19 and 22 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 are compulsory to be proven before the Court in absence of which no right can be claimed. As a result, widows had only a limited estate in their deceased husband’s property, with the ability to request for partition. Thhe Hindu ...ReadMore

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icon Resolution under no quorum

Board members are repeatedly avoiding meetings or not signing resolution. I am a board member and also secretary. I want to sell my flat, but other members are not cooperating officially, Verbally the

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,
To transfer a house, land or apartment in a Cooperative society in West Bengal you need permission of the Society as provided under Rule 131 (3) of the WBCS Rules 2011 read with Section 92 of the WBCS Act 2006. On denial of permission/NOC to a member of the registered Society, the following steps may be taken by the aggrieved member-

1) If the Society is asking for a donation amount of more than 0.5% (prescribed under Order No. 2522 dated 23rd June 2003 of the Cooperation Depart ...ReadMore

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icon Questions to ask redeveloper before tenants give consent letter

What are the precautionary list of questions to ask a redeveloper (builder) by tenants of pagdi building for ensuring safety of tenants and smooth redevelopment process before tenants give consent le

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11 months ago


A. Dear Sir,

RIGHTS OF PAGDI HOLDER

Q1. What is Pagdi system in Mumbai?
Ans. The Pagdi system is a pre-independence rental law that gives the tenant certain ownership rights over the rented property, including the right to sub-let the property or even sells it while giving a share to the original owner.
Q2. Is the Pagdi system legal in India now
Ans. While there are efforts to modernize or abolish the archaic Pagdi system altogether, the system was made legal as per the Maharashtra Rent Control ...ReadMore

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icon Landlord took extra Rent

i stayed in an apartment in mumbai for 7 months, the lock-in period of 6 months was completed and the notice period was one month but my landlord asked me to vacate the flat in 15 days and he will ref

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,
In there is any written rent agreement executed between the landlords and your, go through the terms and conditions that govern all the relationship and activities between you both. If there is no provision alike in the agreement, the landlord has denied the refund taking advantage of the silent provision of the agreement. A verbal commitment cannot be challenged in the absence of written documents.

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icon Agreement cancellation

We tried to sell a property in India and entered into an agreement last month, receiving an advance. However, the buyer is now asking for the return of the advance as they do not want to proceed with

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,
If the document, i. e. Agreement to Sale is registered or motorized having the condition that the agreement shall stand cancelled after the expiry days of its execution, you may return back the token advance to the buyer after expiry of sixty days with a written note citing the cancellation clause of the agreement and mode of refund duly documented. Thereafter you may enter into another agreement afresh.

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icon boundary dispute

i want to know in case of demarcation filed by the one of the disputed party ....if the other party is not present at the time of demarcation...... is that demarcation is still valid

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11 months ago


A. Hello,
As per the information you have stated for demaraction both the parties need to be presented at the time of demarcation.

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icon mera ek rasta hai jo ki constructed hain

mera ek rasta hai jo ki constructed hain lekin us raste ke sath 3 ghar lagte hain ..vo bar-2 mere raste pr apna bolna ka claim krte rehte hain ....kbhi demarcation lete hain to kabhi kuch ......unke g

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11 months ago


A. Hello,
As per the information you have mentioned it is advisable to you to reach out to an advocate fr better consultation.

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icon Payment on due Electricity Bills

The previous owner died, and was in debt and the Bank took the property(this is what we know), and we have bought the house from bank. After 18 years of buying the house today we get a call from MSEB,

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11 months ago


A. Dear Client,

A property when bought from Bank, it is the Buyer's liability to search out the updated status of the encumbrance of the property from different sources like, property tax, electricity bill, water bills etc. After registration of the property, a buyer has to make applications for mutation of his name by virtue of a registered sale deed in all the records related to property standing in the name of the ex-owner. In case the mutation is done with the MSEB at the relevant time after ...ReadMore

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