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Property law · India
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A practice devoted exclusively to property law, advising owners in India and across the world on title, documentation and disputes.
Scroll to explore01 — The Firm
Property is often a family’s most valuable and most personal asset. Our work rests on careful verification, clear written advice and steady representation, so every client knows exactly where they stand.
ResLaw Partners advises individuals, families, Non-Resident Indians, businesses and institutions at every stage — from verifying title before a purchase, to documenting and registering the transaction, to resolving disputes in court.
res
Latin · noun · “a thing; property”
The word on which Roman property law was built. Our name joins it with law: your property, protected by law.
Focus
Property law is our only practice.
Diligence
Every record is examined before we advise.
Protection
We stand guard over what is rightfully yours.
02 — NRI Property Desk
Your property in India, handled from wherever you are.
Many of the families we advise live outside India. We act for them in person in India and meet them by video, so a purchase, a sale or a dispute can move forward without a trip home.
Individuals
Families
Non-Resident Indians
Businesses & institutions
Powers of attorney
Drafted for signing abroad and for use before authorities in India.
Buying or selling remotely
End to end, from the title check to registration before the Sub-Registrar.
Encroachment & occupation
Action to remove encroachments and recover possession of your property.
FEMA & repatriation
Compliance on property transactions and repatriation of sale proceeds.
Inherited & family property
Legal heir certificates, wills and probate, partition and ancestral property claims.
Protection against fraud
Forged documents and impersonated sales challenged; fraudulent registrations cancelled.
03 — Practice Areas
Property law, under one roof.
From a single title opinion to a contested partition suit, across India, with particular depth in Tamil Nadu.
- Title search and written legal opinion
- Checks on EC, patta, chitta and FMB
- DTCP, CMDA, plan and RERA approvals
- Due diligence for buyers and lenders
- Sale, gift, settlement and release deeds
- Sale and joint development agreements
- Powers of attorney, leases and licences
- Registration before the Sub-Registrar
- Patta transfer and mutation
- Correction of revenue records
- Subdivision and FMB matters
- Land classification and conversion
- Title, declaration and injunction suits
- Specific performance and possession
- Appeals and revisions in civil courts
- Writ petitions, Madras High Court
- Wills, probate and administration
- Legal heir and succession certificates
- Partition suits and family settlements
- Ancestral property claims
- Builder–buyer disputes and delays
- RERA complaints and appeals
- Consumer commission proceedings
- Apartment association matters
- Powers of attorney for use from abroad
- Remote purchase and sale, end to end
- Action on encroachment and occupation
- FEMA compliance and repatriation
- Residential and commercial leases
- Registration under TN tenancy law
- Rent Authority and Rent Court cases
- Eviction and recovery of arrears
- Mortgage and loan documentation
- SARFAESI and DRT proceedings
- Due diligence on auction properties
- Release of title documents
- Forged documents, impersonated sales
- Cancelling fraudulent registrations
- Police complaints, criminal remedies
- Removal of encroachments
- Objections during acquisition
- Fair and enhanced compensation
- Rehabilitation entitlements
- Plot allotment, lease and transfer
- Compliance with allotment terms
- Commercial acquisition diligence
04 — How We Work
Four steps, every matter.
Verify
We examine every deed, encumbrance and revenue record before forming a view.
Advise
You receive a clear written opinion, so you know exactly where you stand.
Act
We document, register or litigate on your behalf.
Founder
05 — The Founder
Abishek Murthy
Founder · Advocate, Madras High Court
Abishek Murthy is an advocate at the Madras High Court and a former Government Advocate for the State of Tamil Nadu. His practice spans constitutional, service, commercial and industrial law, with close knowledge of Tamil Nadu land law — registration, DTCP approvals, RERA and SARFAESI.
Former Standing Counsel
TIDCOTamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation
SIPCOTState Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu
Greater Chennai CorporationCity municipal corporation
Tiruppur CorporationCity municipal corporation
Education
LL.M., University of Sydney
B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)
Practice
Advocate, Madras High Court
Former Government Advocate, State of Tamil Nadu
06 — Contact
Begin with aconversation.
In person in India, or by video for clients abroad.
No. 2, D.R. Maligai, Poe’s Road, 3rd Street, Teynampet, Chennai 600 018, India