Transfer of Property Act1882
Substantive law on transfer of immovable property.
Practice area · Indian legal practice
Real Estate and Property
Transfer of Property Act, RERA, registration, partition, possession.
Property practice covers conveyancing (sale, gift, lease, mortgage), partition, possession suits, RERA proceedings, and registration disputes. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 transformed the buyer-developer dispute regime through state RERA authorities and the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal.
Key statutes
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA)2016
Buyer protection, developer registration, project disclosures.
Registration Act1908
Registration of documents.
Indian Stamp Act1899
Stamp duty regime.
Specific Relief Act1963
Specific performance and injunction in property matters.
Limitation Act1963
12-year possession and 30-year mortgage periods.
Primary forums
- State RERA Authorities (each State and UT)
- Real Estate Appellate Tribunals (REAT)
- Civil Courts — partition, declaration, possession, specific performance
- High Court — appeals from REAT and writ jurisdiction
- Supreme Court of India
Common matters
- Buyer-developer disputes under RERA — refund, possession, compensation
- Suits for specific performance of agreements to sell
- Suits for partition and partition by metes and bounds
- Possession suits under Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act
- Mortgage suits and SARFAESI proceedings
- Appeals under RERA Section 44 and 58
Limitation periods
Limitation Act 1963 — 12 years for possession (Article 64), 3 years for specific performance (Article 54), 30 years for mortgage suits (Article 134). RERA appeals under Section 44 within 60 days.
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