Real estate and land litigation concerns title, possession, development rights, and the regulatory framework governing immovable property, drawing on the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, the Registration Act, 1908, the Specific Relief Act, 1963, State land-revenue and tenancy legislation, and the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Afentis Legal represents developers, landowners, purchasers, and institutional investors in disputes over title, specific performance of agreements to sell, partition, and the enforcement of development and joint-development agreements.
The firm approaches land disputes as questions of title and record. The chain of title, the validity of instruments, the state of possession, and the applicable revenue entries determine the strength of a claim, and the firm’s preparation is directed to establishing or contesting these foundations. Regulatory disputes under RERA are handled with attention to the statute’s allocation of rights between promoters and allottees and the remedies the authority and appellate tribunal can grant.
Service Spectrum
- Suits for declaration of title, possession, and permanent injunction
- Specific performance of agreements to sell and enforcement of development agreements
- Partition suits and disputes among co-owners and legal heirs
- Proceedings before RERA authorities and Real Estate Appellate Tribunals
- Challenges to acquisition and to land-revenue and mutation orders
- Disputes arising from joint-development and area-sharing arrangements
- Injunctions restraining alienation, construction, or dispossession
- Appeals, revisions, and writ proceedings arising from land and revenue matters
Firm’s Approach
The firm’s land practice combines civil-litigation discipline with the public-law capability required where acquisition, revenue, or regulatory action is challenged. Title disputes are prepared as document-intensive matters in which the instruments and revenue record are examined in detail before pleadings are settled. Where a dispute involves both a private title contest and a challenge to State action, the firm’s constitutional and writ strength allows both to be pursued coherently.