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title: "Property & Civil — blog · Vakyl Rahman"
description: "Partition, title, possession, injunctions and money recovery — how civil suits actually move through the courts here."
url: https://vakyl.in/blog/category/property-and-civil/
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# Property & Civil

Partition, title, possession, injunctions and money recovery — how civil suits actually move through the courts here.

[All](https://vakyl.in/blog/) [Rent & Tenancy Property & Civil Family Property & Civil **Can parents take back a property they gifted or settled on a child?** Section 23 of the Senior Citizens Act lets the Maintenance Tribunal void a transfer made on condition of care. Whether that condition must be written into the deed is still contested in Madras. 5 November 2026 · 3 min read](https://vakyl.in/blog/category/rent-and-tenancy/) [Property & Civil **After a death in the family: legal heir certificate, patta transfer, and when it becomes a partition case** The legal heir certificate, the succession certificate and the patta transfer, in the order families need them — and the point at which it becomes a partition suit. 7 September 2026 · 3 min read](https://vakyl.in/blog/legal-heir-certificate-patta-transfer-after-death/) [Property & Civil **Patta, chitta and encumbrance certificate: what each one actually proves** A patta is not title. What each Tamil Nadu land record does and does not establish, which to obtain before buying, and how they fit together with the deeds. 17 August 2026 · 7 min read](https://vakyl.in/blog/patta-chitta-encumbrance-certificate-what-each-proves/) [Property & Civil **A legal notice has arrived. What should you do this week?** A legal notice is a demand, not a court order — but ignoring it is still the wrong move. What it can and cannot do, and the five things worth doing before you reply. 10 August 2026 · 6 min read](https://vakyl.in/blog/a-legal-notice-has-arrived-what-now/) [Property & Civil **You have received a notice. How to tell what it actually is** A lawyer’s notice, a court summons and a Rent Authority notice are three different things with three different deadlines. How to identify what is in your hand, and what happens if you ignore it. 8 August 2026 · 8 min read](https://vakyl.in/blog/what-is-this-notice-i-received/) [**Property & money recovery — the full guides** How each of these cases works, stage by stage](https://vakyl.in/practice/property/)

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