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Check before you pay
⚖️ Legal basics 8 min read
How to verify land documents before buying in India: the 30-year title chain, record of rights, mutation, EC, court cases, land use, RERA and a site check.
Freeze it before it's sold
⚖️ Legal basics 8 min read
How to get a stay order on property or land in India: Order 39 CPC tests, status quo orders, how fast and how long they last, lis pendens, filing from abroad.
Sale money: NRO, not NRE
⚖️ Legal basics 8 min read
NRO account meaning, NRO vs NRE, and where property sale proceeds, rent and inherited money go. Plus the USD 1 million limit, Forms 145/146 and interest tax.
Settle it, on paper
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
Family settlement deed explained: when registration is needed, stamp duty, how it differs from partition, a sample format, and signing it from abroad as an NRI.
Your will, from abroad
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Can an NRI make a will in India? Yes. What makes it valid, whether will registration is mandatory, fees, probate after the 2025 change, and wills abroad.
Inherited isn't ancestral
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
Ancestral vs self-acquired property in India: what each means, why land inherited from your father is often not ancestral, and when a father can sell it.
Apostille or embassy?
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
How NRIs in the USA, UK, Canada or Gulf make a power of attorney for Indian property: apostille or consulate, stamping in 3 months, registration, validity.
OCI can inherit the farm
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Yes, OCI card holders can inherit agricultural land in India, but can't buy it or take it as a gift. What FEMA allows for keeping, leasing and selling it.
Rural farmland: tax-free
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Is agricultural land sale taxable? Rural farmland isn't a capital asset, so no capital gains tax; urban farmland is taxed. The 2-6-8 km test, exemptions, NRIs.
Stop 14% being held back
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
Lower TDS certificate for NRIs selling property in India: Form 13 (now Form 128), documents, timeline, buyer's TAN, FY 2026-27 rates and skipping it.
No will? Do it in order
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
How to transfer land after a parent dies without a will in India: legal heirs, heir certificate, mutation, family settlement and selling later, from abroad.
Equal to your brother
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Does a daughter have a share in ancestral property? Yes, equal to a son's since 2005, married or not. What Vineeta Sharma says, exceptions, how to claim.
Complain to the NRI body
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
How to file an NRI Commission Punjab complaint about land: what it can do, papers to attach, status check, and when the NRI police or a court fits better.
Undo a fake registry
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
Fake sale deed registered on your land? The first 48 hours, the civil suit to cancel it, the 3-year limit, a police complaint under BNS and stopping a resale.
Which certificate for land?
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Legal heir certificate or succession certificate after a death in India? What each is, who issues it, which one land mutation needs, and how NRI heirs apply.
Tenant won't leave?
⚖️ Legal basics 5 min read
Tenant refusing to vacate your farmland in India? Why state tenancy law decides everything, what to check first, and a calm, lawful plan to get your land back.
Family won't share? Plan
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Brother not giving your share, or a relative in kabza of family land in India? What co-owners' rights mean, the 12-year rule, and a step-by-step plan for NRIs.
Undo a wrong mutation
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Wrong mutation on your land? How to object to, appeal or cancel an intkal, dakhil kharij or ferfar entry: who hears it, time limits, papers and when to sue.
Split it fairly, on paper
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
How ancestral land is divided in India: coparceners, daughters' equal rights, family settlement, registered partition deed and revenue partition, for NRIs.
Gift, will or release?
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
Gift deed, will or relinquishment deed for family property in India? Compare stamp duty, registration, revocability, tax and FEMA limits for NRI families.
Sell it. Send it home.
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
How an NRI sells inherited land or a house in India: title and mutation, heirs' consent, buyer's TDS, lower-TDS certificate, capital gains and repatriation.
Inherit yes. Buy no.
⚖️ Legal basics 7 min read
NRIs and OCIs can't buy farmland, plantations or farmhouses in India, but they can inherit them. What FEMA allows for buying, gifts, inheritance and selling.
Someone’s on your land
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
Found someone on your land in India? A calm 30-day plan for NRIs: evidence, certified records, demarcation, police complaint, legal notice and court.
The 12-year clock
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
What adverse possession really means for land in India: the 12-year rule, Article 65 vs 112, why the 3-year rule is a myth, and why dated evidence matters.
Before you sign a POA
⚖️ Legal basics 6 min read
When an NRI needs a power of attorney for land in India, GPA vs SPA, signing one abroad, how POAs get misused, and simple safeguards to stay in control.
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