A no objection certificate or NOC is a very important document that establishes the legality of a particular transaction. INTRODUCTION What is a No Objection Certificate? A No Objection Certificate (NOC) is a document granting consent for the purchase or construction of property to a person or a company. Applicants must get a No Objection…
What is a Gift Deed? A gift deed is a legal document that can be used to transfer immovable property in accordance with section 122 of the Transfer of Property Act, of 1882. A gift deed includes information about the property, the transferrer, and the recipient, similar to what a sale deed does. However, it permits…
A builder-buyer agreement is a document which specifies the modalities, conditions and clauses between a builder and a homebuyer. The builder-buyer agreement contains clauses referring to the property in question, delivery information, and terms relating to default and late project delivery, among other things. At one point, delayed real estate projects affected the Indian real…
INTRODUCTION Inheritance, also known as succession, is the transfer of property to an heir or heirs after the owner’s passing. Inheritance also refers to the actual property. The procedure is closely regulated by law in contemporary society. The relevant branch of the civil law in the continental European pattern is typically referred to as the…
Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can’t have one without the other. -George Washington INTRODUCTION What is an easement? The concept of the easement has been defined under Section 4 of The Indian Easements Act, 1882. According to the provisions of Section 4, easement or easement agreement is a term that describes a situation in which one party…
According to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act of 2015, adoption is the process by which an adopted child is permanently separated from his biological parents and becomes the lawful child of his adoptive parents with all of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities that come with being a biological child. Adoption comes…
Introduction Property is one of the many essential assets that a person owns during his lifetime. After his demise, the same is inherited by his successors. Tenancy rights in a property often become a reason for disputes and litigation upon the death of a tenant. The main reason of such disputes is the ambiguity surrounding…
Introduction Coparcenary, in general terms refers to a type of ownership of property where multiple people inherit the same property. Here, each person owns an undivided, transferable interest in the property. The term ‘coparcenary’ has its origin in the English common law. In India, Coparcenary is dealt under the Hindu Succession Act 1956 [1]. Under…
SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE According to the Indian Succession Act of 1925, a Succession certificate is a legal document that a court issues to a deceased person’s legitimate heirs. who passed away intestate. In the absence of a will, a succession certificate will serve as the main legal instrument through which the heirs can assert their right…
The Hindu Succession Act preserves the dual mode of devolution of property under the Mitakshara school. The Hindu succession Act,1956 bases its rule of succession on the principle of propinquity, i.e., the preference of heirs on the basis of proximity of relationship. A person so long as he is alive, is free to deal with…
