Property & Tenancy — Mumbai Civil Courts

Civil suits and proceedings on property ownership, partition, declaration, injunction, specific performance, landlord-tenant disputes, and eviction, before the civil courts at Mumbai and the Bombay High Court.

Controlling Statutes

Transfer of Property Act, 1882 | Indian Easements Act, 1882 | Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 | Indian Succession Act, 1925

Our Process

1. Intake; review of title, mutation, and the documentary record.
2. Drafting of suit for declaration, injunction, partition, specific performance, or eviction as applicable.
3. Appearance at trial, including cross-examination and presentation of documentary evidence.
4. Mediation under the civil-court mediation framework where appropriate.
5. Execution of decree.

Doctrinal Anchors (Key Judgments)

• Maria Margarida Sequeira Fernandes v. Erasmo Jack de Sequeira ((2012) 5 SCC 370)
• C. Mohammad Yunus v. Syed Unnisa (AIR 1961 SC 1172)

Courts & Jurisdiction

• Civil Court (Junior & Senior Division), Mumbai
• City Civil Court, Mumbai
• Bombay High Court