Property law questions, answered plainly

Bring whatever you have — the sale deed or parent documents, the latest Encumbrance Certificate, patta and chitta extracts, property tax receipts, and any notice or court papers received. If documents are missing, we will tell you how to retrieve them.

Fees depend on the extent of the property, the number of survey numbers and how far back the title must be traced. We give you a fixed fee in writing after a first look at the documents, with no open-ended billing.

Yes. A large part of our practice is for NRI clients. We work through scanned records, video consultations and site walkthroughs, and conduct matters under a properly executed special power of attorney.

Interim relief such as an injunction is usually decided within weeks. A contested civil suit typically runs three to six years at the trial stage. Documentation and revenue matters are far quicker — often weeks rather than years.

No. Patta is a revenue record evidencing possession and entitlement; ownership flows from the registered title documents. Both should be in your name and should match in extent and survey number.

Yes. Builder reputation does not cure a defect in the underlying land title, an unapproved deviation from the sanctioned plan, or a subsisting mortgage on the project land. Independent verification protects you in all three situations.

Yes. We appear in writ petitions, appeals, original side suits and probate matters concerning property before the Madras High Court, in addition to the city civil courts, TNRERA and consumer commissions.

A registered document can be set aside on grounds such as fraud, coercion, lack of capacity or want of title in the executant. This requires a suit; registration alone does not make a defective document valid.

Yes. Drafting, vetting, registration support, title verification and legal opinions are all quoted as fixed fees. Litigation is quoted stage-wise so you always know the next commitment.