Property and Real Estate
Title checks, conveyancing, RERA and property disputes.
What is property and real estate practice?
Property practice covers buying, selling, leasing and litigating over land and buildings. Atreya Legal verifies title, drafts and registers conveyancing documents, files complaints against builders under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, and conducts partition, possession and eviction cases.
- Practice group
- Individuals and families
- Principal statute
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882
- Heard before
- Civil courts, Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal, Revenue courts and authorities
- Advocate
- Adv. Bhawani Shanker Atrey
What the practice covers
Title due diligence
Search of the title chain, encumbrances, approvals and pending litigation before purchase.
Sale, gift and lease documents
Agreements to sell, sale deeds, gift deeds, leases and leave and licence agreements.
RERA complaints
Delay in possession, refund with interest and defects, before the state authority.
Partition and co-ownership
Division of joint and ancestral property by suit or family settlement.
Landlord and tenant matters
Eviction, arrears of rent and recovery of possession.
Land and revenue matters
Mutation, land use conversion and proceedings before revenue authorities.
Statutes and courts
Governing statutes
- Transfer of Property Act, 1882
- Registration Act, 1908
- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016
- Specific Relief Act, 1963
- State stamp, rent and land revenue laws
Courts and authorities
- Civil courts
- Real Estate Regulatory Authority and Appellate Tribunal
- Revenue courts and authorities
- High Courts
Common questions on property matters
Does an agreement to sell transfer ownership?
No. Under Section 54 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 a contract for sale does not by itself create any interest in the property. Ownership of immovable property worth one hundred rupees or more passes only by a registered sale deed.
What can a homebuyer claim for delayed possession?
Under Section 18 of the RERA Act the buyer may withdraw from the project and claim a refund with interest, or stay in the project and claim interest for every month of delay until possession is handed over.
Related practices
Discuss a property matter with the firm.
Write or call with a short account of the facts and the papers you hold. The firm will tell you whether it can act and what the first step is.