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An empty flat with white walls and a glossy beige tiled floor, morning sun falling through a barred window, a ring of brass keys hanging from the window sill. Papers & law8 min read किराएदार रखने से पहले — काग़ज़, पुलिस, पैसा।

Renting out your house: agreement, registration, tenant verification

Letting a flat in Indore? The agreement, when registration becomes compulsory, telling the police station, the deposit, and closing it all on paper.

3 Oct 2026
A father and grown son sit on a sofa in a bright living room, smiling over a set of papers, while the mother stands behind them looking on. Buying guides8 min read सोसाइटी का प्लॉट — सदस्यता मिली, रजिस्ट्री मिली?

Housing society plots: membership, allotment and registry

A housing society membership is a place in the queue, not a plot. The papers to see, the four red flags, and how a society plot actually becomes yours.

3 Oct 2026
A smiling couple on a beige sofa work out a payment together, the man pointing at a laptop on the coffee table and the woman holding a phone. Money7 min read टीडीएस काटना ख़रीदार का काम है।

TDS on property: the one per cent the buyer must deduct

Buying property for ₹50 lakh or more? One per cent of the price is the seller's tax, and deducting it is your job. What to file, by when, and the NRI exception.

3 Oct 2026
An elderly man in a white shirt and dhoti walks along a quiet lane past an old tiled-roof family house behind a yellow wall and a blue iron gate, a large mango tree over it. Papers & law8 min read गिफ़्ट, वसीयत, या बैनामा?

Gift, will or sale: moving property inside a family

A gift deed works today, a will on death, a sale deed only with real payment. How to choose between them, and the three family mistakes to avoid.

3 Oct 2026
A smiling couple hands a blue folder across a light wooden counter to a smiling clerk in a bright office with glass walls and potted plants. Papers & law8 min read बैनामे में क्या लिखा है?

Inside the sale deed: the clauses, the schedule and the indemnity

Seven parts of a sale deed, the schedule that decides what you actually bought, and the indemnity clause most standard drafts quietly leave out.

3 Oct 2026
Three purple thumbprints in a row on an old sheet of paper, with two blank ovals beside them and ink pads at the edge. Papers & law8 min read एक वारिस छूट गया, तो सौदा अधूरा है।

Inherited land: why every heir has to sign

Buy inherited land from four heirs out of six and you own four-sixths, not the plot. Who counts as an heir, and the papers that settle every share.

3 Oct 2026
A narrow record room lined with metal shelves stacked with bundles of old files tied with string, lit by one bare bulb. Papers & law7 min read साफ़ टाइटल एक ज़ंजीर है।

Clear title is not a certificate: how to read the chain of title

Nobody issues a certificate saying your land is fine. Clear title is a chain of owners with no gap, traced back thirty years. How to read it, and its limits.

3 Oct 2026
A thick stack of old, frayed papers tied with a red cloth ribbon sits on a wooden office desk, with a lamp and steel cupboards behind. Papers & law8 min read मुख़्तारनामा मालिकाना हक़ नहीं है।

Power of attorney, agreement to sell, will: why none of them transfers land

An agreement to sell, a power of attorney, a will and a receipt can fill a file and still leave the land in the seller's name. Here is why, and what to ask.

3 Oct 2026
Four members of a family sit around a wooden kitchen table with a folder and loose papers between them, nobody writing yet. Papers & law8 min read नाम किसके?

Whose name goes on the sale deed

Who paid and whose name is on the deed are two different questions. What the choice changes, and why to settle it at home, weeks early, not at the desk.

8 Sep 2026
An elderly man's hands pass a bundle of documents tied with string and a ring of keys across a wooden table to a young woman's hands. Papers & law8 min read एक दिन — और ज़िंदगी भर का काग़ज़।

Registry day: what happens, and mutation afterwards

Stamp duty, the four-month clock, Aadhaar at the counter, e-registration from home, and why a registered deed still leaves mutation to be done.

8 Sep 2026
Two men in checked shirts stand talking over glasses of tea at a roadside stall in the early morning haze, one of them gesturing with an open hand. Indore8 min read सुना है

Six things everyone in Indore says about land that are not true

Registry done, RERA number, notary, boundary wall, divert later, the neighbour built — six things said in good faith, and what the record says instead.

8 Sep 2026
Two men shake hands across a wooden table with a stack of blank papers and a pen lying between them. Papers & law7 min read टोकन देने से पहले

The token: the agreement that comes before the sale deed

The token is the first money you pay and the moment you have least on paper. Six things to put in the agreement to sell before it moves.

8 Sep 2026
A padlocked iron gate between concrete pillars opens onto an empty walled plot, with a neem tree and half-built houses beyond at sunset Papers & law9 min read इस ज़मीन पर किसी का हक़ तो नहीं?

The encumbrance question: is a loan or a court order already on the land?

A plot can carry a mortgage, a court attachment or a pending suit you cannot see from the gate. What an encumbrance certificate shows, and what it misses.

8 Sep 2026
A young couple holding hands on bare ground, looking out over rows of marked plots and a concrete road at sunrise Buying guides9 min read शुरू से क़ब्ज़े तक

From first search to possession: the nine stages and how long each takes

The nine stages of buying a plot in Indore, in the order they belong, and why the token should come fifth, after the record and the ground.

8 Sep 2026
Two men in plain shirts shake hands across a worn wooden table in a dim room, a few sheets of paper lying between them. Money7 min read सौदा बनाम ख़र्च

The price is not the cost: stamp duty, guideline rate and the real total

On a ₹50 lakh plot you pay ₹55.25 lakh before a brick is laid. How stamp duty and the guideline rate work in Madhya Pradesh, and the four costs that come after.

8 Sep 2026

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