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08 — Built on the paperwork, argued plainly

Civil Litigation

Suits for possession, injunction, recovery and specific performance; consumer and RERA complaints; and appeals before the City Civil Court and the Bombay High Court.

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Heard before

  • City Civil Court, Mumbai
  • Bombay High Court
  • Small Causes Court, Mumbai
  • Consumer Commissions (District and State)
  • MahaRERA and the Appellate Tribunal

The law that applies

  • Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
  • Specific Relief Act, 1963
  • Limitation Act, 1963
  • Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  • Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016

Civil litigation is slow, and we say so at the first meeting. What makes it bearable is a case that was built properly at the start: the right forum, a claim within limitation, and every document in the file before the first hearing.

Urgent relief

When a wall is going up on your land or a builder is about to sell your flat to someone else, the question is interim relief — an injunction that holds the position while the case is decided. We can move quickly where the facts call for it.

Builders and RERA

For delayed possession and defective construction in a registered project, a complaint before MahaRERA is often faster and cheaper than a civil suit. We advise on which forum suits your facts.

How a civil litigation matter usually moves

  1. 01

    Limitation and forum

    First, whether the claim is in time and which court or authority has jurisdiction — the two questions that end most weak cases.

  2. 02

    Notice

    A legal notice that sets out the claim precisely; many disputes settle here.

  3. 03

    Plaint and interim relief

    The suit is filed with an application for interim relief where the property or the money is at risk meanwhile.

  4. 04

    Evidence and argument

    Pleadings, evidence and final argument, with an honest assessment at every stage of whether to settle.

Every matter is different; this is the usual path, not a promise of one.

Matters in this area

See them in the full index
  • FilingConsumer complaintAgainst builders, banks and service providers, before the District or State Commission.Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  • FilingInjunction suitsUrgent relief against encroachment, demolition or dispossession while the case is heard.Specific Relief Act, 1963
  • FilingMahaRERA complaintDelayed possession, refunds with interest and defects in registered projects.RERA, 2016
  • FilingSpecific performanceEnforcing an agreement for sale when the other side will not complete.

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Advocates in this area

  • Adv. Rohan DeshmaneFounding Partner
  • Adv. Sana MehtaAssociate

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