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Expert articles on property due diligence, title verification, and real estate law in India.

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The Government and Your Land: A Decade of Article 300A Rulings

Every major Supreme Court ruling on Article 300A and government land — compensation without formal acquisition, the seven-part test for a valid acquisition, lapse claims, ULC vesting, and unsettled forest/Aravalli status.

24 July 2026·14 min

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Buying a Bank-Auction Property: Every Supreme Court Rule That Governs Your Title

Every Supreme Court ruling that governs a bank-auction property title in India — redemption cut-offs, sale certificate registration, stamp duty, inherited dues, and the one priority question still unresolved.

24 July 2026·13 min

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Who Must Sign? The Consent Rules That Quietly Void Property Sales

Every Supreme Court ruling on whose consent a property sale actually needs — daughters' coparcenary rights, co-owner sales, tribal carve-outs, and the pending case that could still change the rules.

24 July 2026·15 min

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Family Property Transactions Courts Can Unwind: Minors' Sales, Elders' Gifts, Shared Households

A registered, decades-old family property deal isn't automatically safe. Six Supreme Court rulings show how a guardian's minor-property sale, an elder's gift, or an oral family gift can still be unwound.

24 July 2026·16 min

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Adverse Possession in India: What the Supreme Court Actually Ruled (2019–2025)

From offensive claims to tenant limits, government land, and co-owner disputes — a plain-language guide to every major Supreme Court ruling on adverse possession in India since 2019.

24 July 2026·13 min

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2025: The Year Indian Property Law Changed

Twelve Supreme Court rulings in a single year reshaped registration, GPA sales, minors' property, gift deeds, tenant possession, and waqf status. A theme-by-theme survey of 2025's biggest property-law wave, with a summary table and what's still open in 2026.

24 July 2026·13 min

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Unsettled Property Law in 2026: 6 Live Supreme Court Battles That Affect Your Title

Benami retrospectivity, secured-creditor priority, waqf status, a Hindu woman's intestate succession, the Aravalli hill definition, and Urban Land Ceiling 'vacant land' — six Supreme Court questions that are still open in 2026, and what to check on a property that touches any of them.

24 July 2026·12 min

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Buying Near Waqf-Claimed Land in 2026: What's Actually Settled and What Isn't

The Supreme Court's September 2025 interim order on the Waqf (Amendment) Act stayed a District Collector's power to tag disputed land as government property, but left the deletion of prospective waqf-by-user recognition standing. Here is exactly what that means for a title chain.

24 July 2026·10 min

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Can a Tenant Ever Own Your Property by Staying Long Enough? The 2025 Supreme Court Answer

No — a tenant can never acquire ownership via adverse possession, however long the tenancy lasts, per the Supreme Court's September 2025 ruling in Jyoti Sharma v. Vishnu Goyal. Here's the narrow exception, and how it differs from a trespasser's rights under Ravinder Kaur Grewal.

24 July 2026·12 min

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Gift Deed From Elderly Parents: When a Tribunal Can Cancel It Years Later

A gift deed from a senior citizen can be cancelled by a Maintenance Tribunal years after registration if the donor is later neglected or dispossessed — and the 2025 Supreme Court ruling in Urmila Dixit v. Sunil Sharan Dixit lowered the bar for this even further. Here's what buyers, families, and lenders need to check.

24 July 2026·12 min

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"The Acquisition Lapsed, So I Can Sell It": The 2020 Rule Most Sellers Get Wrong

A 2020 Constitution Bench ruling replaced the easy either/or lapse test with a strict two-part standard for Section 24(2) land acquisition claims. Here's what buyers and sellers still get wrong.

24 July 2026·12 min

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Daughter's Share After 2005: Why a Decades-Old "Family Partition" Can Unwind a Purchase

The Supreme Court's Vineeta Sharma ruling made daughters coparceners by birth in Hindu joint families, and told courts to treat undocumented 'oral partition' stories with suspicion. Here's what that means for a property you're buying today.

24 July 2026·13 min

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GPA Property Sale: Why It Gives You Zero Ownership (Even From Before 2011)

If you bought property through a General Power of Attorney instead of a registered sale deed, the Supreme Court has ruled you don't legally own it — no matter how old the transaction or how the paperwork is worded. Here's what Suraj Lamp, Munishamappa, Ananthamurthy, and Ramesh Chand actually decided, and how to fix a GPA-based title chain.

24 July 2026·15 min

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Buying Ancestral Property in India: Coparcener Rights, Hidden Heirs, and How to Verify Before You Pay

Ancestral property sales fail in five specific ways — hidden coparceners, daughters' post-2005 claims, unregistered partitions. Here's how to verify before you pay.

7 June 2026·10 min

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Hindu Succession Act and Property Rights: What Heirs Must Know [2026]

Complete guide to the Hindu Succession Act covering daughter's equal rights after 2005 amendment, ancestral vs self-acquired property, coparcenary rights, and succession rules for heirs.

15 February 2026·10 min

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Joint Property Ownership in India: Types, Rights, and Risks

Complete guide to joint property ownership in India—understand types like joint tenancy and tenancy in common, legal rights of co-owners, partition process, and risks when buying jointly-owned property.

15 February 2026·9 min

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Lis Pendens in India: How Pending Lawsuits Affect Property Transactions

Learn how lis pendens and Section 52 TPA protect buyers from purchasing disputed property. Understand the legal implications of pending litigation on property deals.

15 February 2026·9 min

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RERA Act Explained: Your Complete Guide to Real Estate Regulation in India

Everything you need to know about the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — buyer rights, developer obligations, complaint filing, and RERA registration verification.

15 February 2026·9 min

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Revenue Records in India: Pahani, 7/12 Extract, Khatauni Explained

Complete guide to revenue records in India including Pahani, 7/12 Extract, Khatauni, Jamabandi, and RTC. Learn what they contain, how to access them online, and why they matter for property verification.

15 February 2026·9 min

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Transfer of Property Act: Key Sections Every Buyer and Lawyer Should Know

Key sections of the Transfer of Property Act 1882 that every property buyer and lawyer must know. Sections 5, 6, 52, 53A, 54, 55, and 58 explained in plain language.

15 February 2026·10 min

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