Matters handled in Chennai

Every kind of case Advocate Rahman takes on in Chennai, for either side — grouped by area, each with the guide that explains how it works.

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Property and title disputes#

Land, houses, flats and commercial premises in Chennai — who owns them, who is entitled to be on them, and whether the documents hold up.

• Title disputes and declaration of ownership

  A court declaration that the property is yours, where someone denies it or the records say otherwise.

• Patta, chitta and revenue-record disputes

  Where the revenue records conflict with ownership — a patta records possession for revenue purposes; it is not title.

• Forged, fraudulent or unauthorised sale and settlement deeds

  Setting aside a deed executed by fraud, without authority, or by someone with no right to execute it.

• Encroachment, boundary disputes and illegal construction

  Stopping a neighbour building over the boundary, or construction that should not go ahead.

• Stopping a sale, mortgage or transfer during a dispute

  An injunction to keep the property as it is while the dispute is decided.

• Trespass and threatened dispossession

  Protecting possession against someone trying to take it without due process.

• Recovering possession from an unauthorised occupant

  Getting property back from a person who stays on without right — including a licensee whose permission has ended.

• Legal notices in property disputes

  Sending a notice, and replying to one, before anything is filed.

Inheritance and family property#

What happens to property after a death in the family, and how inherited or jointly held property is divided.

• Partition of ancestral and inherited property

  Dividing jointly held family property into separate shares, by agreement or by a partition suit.

• A daughter's share in her father's property

  Including married daughters, and claims raised years after the death.

• One heir keeping the others out

  Where a co-heir has sold, mortgaged or let the property as if it were entirely theirs.

• Legal heir certificate and patta transfer after a death

  The documents families need, in order, and the point at which it becomes a partition case.

• Parents taking back a gifted or settled property

  Revoking a gift or settlement deed under the Senior Citizens Act, 2007, where the child has stopped caring for the parent.

Money recovery#

Recovering money that is owed — from an individual or a business — through the civil courts in Chennai.

• Money lent and not returned

  Hand loans to friends, relatives or acquaintances, with or without a written acknowledgement.

• Unpaid dues, invoices and business payments

  Sums owed for goods supplied, work done or services rendered.

• Summary suits on written contracts and promissory notes

  The faster Order XXXVII CPC route, where the claim rests on a written contract or instrument for a fixed sum.

• Civil recovery on a cheque or promissory note

  Recovering the money itself through a civil suit — separate from any criminal complaint over a dishonoured cheque.

• Legal notice demanding payment, and replying to one

  The notice that usually comes first, and what to do when one arrives.

Family and matrimonial matters#

Divorce, separation, maintenance and children — before the Family Courts in Chennai.

• Mutual consent divorce

  Both spouses agree; the two-motion procedure, and when the waiting period can be waived.

• Contested divorce

  Divorce on a statutory ground where the other spouse does not agree.

• Maintenance for a wife, children or parents

  Under s.144 BNSS (old s.125 CrPC) and the personal laws — including interim maintenance while the case runs.

• How the maintenance amount is decided

  Income, needs and the disclosure each side must make.

• Judicial separation

  Living apart under a court order without ending the marriage.

• Child custody

  Who the child lives with, decided on the welfare of the child.

• Visitation, and enforcing access orders

  Access for the parent the child does not live with, including when an order is not being honoured.

Tenancy and rent disputes#

For landlords and tenants alike — disputes under the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017, before the Rent Court in Chennai.

• Rent Court (RLTOP) applications

  The forum for rent, deposit and eviction disputes on a registered tenancy.

• A tenant who will not vacate

  Eviction on the grounds the Act allows, through the Rent Court or, where it applies, the civil court.

• Arrears of rent

  Rent unpaid, and the notice the Act requires before eviction on that ground.

• Security deposit or advance not returned

  When the deposit is returnable, and how to recover it.

• Rent increase disputes

  Whether and how a landlord can raise the rent under the 2017 Act.

• Water, electricity or other essential services cut off

  A remedy under the Act, with an interim order for immediate restoration.

• Tenancy registration, and unregistered tenancies

  Registering on tenancy.tn.gov.in, and what follows when a tenancy was never registered.

• Appeals to the Rent Tribunal

  Challenging a Rent Court order.

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