NRI Legal Services

Property Rights of Women as per Hindu Law : A woman is expected to – and does – play different roles with equal grace. Whether as a daughter or a wife or a mother; patience, love, compassion and fortitude form a part of her personality. While we might not be able to quantify and put a value on her role in society, the least

This could very well pass off as the saga of relationships, confusions and chaotic disputes. Hemraj Vatsyan's father Dwarka Dass had two wives. His first marriage with Kamla Dass ended up in a divorce and he then married Jagminder Kaur. He had three sons from his first wife-and then adopted a girl, Peggy. Later after his divorce when he remarried, he had a son from his second wife. During his life time, he had accumulated properties near Amritsar and under the natural succession principal all his children would have inherited. However, in the year 2010, he made a new will in which he disowned his first wife, their three sons and the adopted daughter. Under this will, all his property was to be handed over to his son from the second marriage, Dilraj. Since Dilraj was still a minor, it was stated that nobody could sell the property till Dilraj would become a major. In addition nobody could take guardianship of Dilraj. There was another angle to the entire situat...

Safety Net for Property buyers-Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) : Property transactions in India are set to become more transparent and safe. Besides the various regulations on Benami transactions, the government has also now reintroduced RERA. The RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Act), 2016 is an act established for promotion and regulation of the real estate sector. It was announced last year (2016) by the government but

Importance of registration of legal documents : While buying and selling of the property, many people tend to skip a fundamental but crucial aspect i.e. Registration of legal documents. As people are not familiar with the concept of Registration they don’t understand its importance in Law which can cause issues for them. It is imperative for the people to get themselves familiarized

The not-so-sweet face of NRI marriages – and how to prevent it : The sacred institution of marriage has become more of a settlement system between two families nowadays. People have started thinking of it as a status symbol and entering into NRI marriages is considered a sign of higher status in society. NRI marriages imply wedding of a Non-Resident Indian with a person residing in India. Though traditionally

Laws relating to Plagiarism in India : The act of stealing of money or tangible things is considered as a crime and can be easily identified. This act is known as Cheating or Fraud. But there are few other matters such as stealing information, words, illustrations, expressions, ideas, tables, thoughts, or figures from various books, articles, interviews are difficult to identify. Therefore,