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Property Law Articles


When license in an immovable property acquires irrevocability

  Smita Singh   03 October 2018 at 10:37

License defined According to Section-52 of the Indian Easement Act, 1882 (Easement Act), where one person grants to another a right to do in or upon the immovable property of the grantor, something which would in the absence of such right, be unlawfu ..


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Will: Its legalities in a nutshell

  K Rajasekharan   24 September 2018 at 17:30

IntroductionWill is a legal declaration in the form of a document, expressing the intention of a testator, about how his property would be devolved on whom after his death. It is a personal document of a testator of sound mind, in regard to the dispo ..


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Law on recovery of advance or earnest money

  K Rajasekharan   19 September 2018 at 17:31

IntroductionThe �advance deposit�, which is being paid as part of a contract for transfer of an immovable property, has in the past been treated conceptually quite different from the �earnest money�, similarly paid.However the ..


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Mortgage: The Legal Provisions governing it

  K Rajasekharan   12 September 2018 at 11:52

Mortgage definedMortgage is transfer of an interest in a specific immovable property, for securing an advance payment of money by way of loan. It creates a pecuniary liability. It is in the form of a debt. The liability cannot be defeated by any sub ..


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Role of an attesting witness in a Will

  K Rajasekharan   06 September 2018 at 11:32

Attesting witnessAn attesting witness is a person who puts his sign or mark on a deed or will at the request of its creator, immediately after its execution, for the purpose of proving and identifying that it is executed by the maker of it. Unless t ..


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Servitudes and Rights of Way

  Navin Kumar Jaggi   27 August 2018 at 16:29

A servitude is a right that a person has over the immovable property of another. It allows holder of the servitude to do something with the other person�s property, which may infringe upon the rights of the owner of the property. An example is ..


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Family Settlement - Nuts and Bolts

  Prashanti   26 June 2018 at 13:00

One of the Deeds which seems to escape the axe of section 17(2) of the Registration Act is the Family Settlement. ..


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Whether plea of adverse possession is only a shield and not a sword?

  Smita Singh   05 June 2018 at 10:23

IntroductionUnder Indian Limitation Act, 1963 a suit instituted after the period prescribed, is not maintainable and shall be dismissed.[1]Article 65 of the Limitation Act prescribes the period of limitation for suits for possession of immovable prop ..


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The Right to Coparcenary property of Women - Settled yet Unsettled?

  Prashanti   04 June 2018 at 11:12

The Right to Property of a woman witnessed unprecedented changes from the days of uncodified Hindu Law till date. A woman was entitled to only a Limited Estate before 1956 but w ..


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Whether all lis pendens transactions are invalid?

  Smita Singh   29 May 2018 at 10:12

Understanding doctrine of lis pendensSection 52 of Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (TP Act) embodies the doctrine of lis pendens. The doctrine provides that during the pendency of a litigation in which any right to immovable property is in question, s ..


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