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In Parsi Punchayet Funds and Properties, Bombay v. Ms. Katty J. Mistry (Writ Petition No. 3944 of 2000), the Bombay High Court considered an important question concerning succession to statutory tenancy under Section 5(11)(c)(i) of The Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Bombay Rent Act): whether an heir may inherit a tenancy without having resided with the deceased tenant.

A ‘lease' grants an interest in immovable property. In contrast, a ‘license' gives a right to do or continue to do, in or upon immovable property, something which would otherwise be unlawful.

With a view to boost collection of revenue in an era of highly significant property transactions, Government of Maharashtra introduced Maharashtra Stamp Duty Amnesty Scheme - 2023 on 7 December 2023 which...

COVID-19 and the lockdown that followed this pandemic has not just created large-scale implications for businesses across the globe, but has also severely affected contractual relationships.

A Tenancy Agreement was entered into between the landlord's predecessor-in-title (Shree Bajrang Land & Trading Company) and the tenant (Appellants) on February 02, 2006 in respect of certain go- down and other structures.

Various states have started to implement the Centre's Model Tenancy Act (MTA) framework through their "New Rent Rules 2026" which will operate until 2025 and until the beginning of 2026. The process of recording and enforcing both residential and commercial tenancy agreements in India has entered a new phase which will transform current practices.

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA), was enacted as a broad safeguard for India's purchasers, a group of consumers that has historically been exposed to the opaque and unaccountable...

With the commencement of the third wave of India's countrywide lockdown the time has arrived for businesses to take a cold hard look at their depleting resources and find ways to manage their losses.

The decade-old uncertainty on the issue of arbitrability of tenancy disputes stands settled with the pronouncement of the judgment by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in, Vidya Drolia and Others v. Durga Trading Corporation ("Vidya Drolia II/Judgment").

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2013.

Not Every Matter is capable of being submitted to the Arbitration.

The Union Cabinet approved the Model Tenancy Act (MTA) on June 02, 2021. The headline feature of this Act is setting up of separate rent authorities, courts, and tribunals at district level for protecting...

A long due controversy on arbitrability of tenancy disputes has finally been put to rest by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.

In a recent and significant judgement, the Supreme Court of India has ruled that the State Government cannot invoke the doctrine of escheat under Section 29 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956...

‘Title' is a legal term; it means the ownership right to property. Investigation of title is essential to ascertain the ownership of the property and ensuring that, the title is complete...

"Force majeure", a French term equivalent to "Vis majeure", in Latin, means "superior force".

The intersection of property law and criminal law often presents complex scenarios where ownership rights collide with possessory rights, particularly in landlord-tenant relationships.

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhinyam, 2023 (BSA) replaces the Indian Evidence Act of 1872 (IEA) and it was approved by both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on December 20 and December 21, 2023, respectively, before receiving presidential assent on December 25, 2023.