Knowledge Library: Legal topics, by area and city.
General, educational information on common legal questions, with city-specific detail where it genuinely differs. These pages are informational and are not legal advice.
Criminal Defense, Arrest & Bail
View all 202 pages →Bail and Anticipatory Bail in India: A General Overview
The difference between regular bail, anticipatory bail, and the Supreme Court's recent push toward notice over arrest for lower-end offences.
FIR Registration and Zero FIR: How It Works
What a First Information Report is, how a Zero FIR lets you report a crime outside the local jurisdiction, and what to do if police refuse to register one.
Grounds of Arrest: What the Law Requires Police to Tell You
Recent Supreme Court rulings on when and how grounds of arrest must be communicated, and what happens if they are not.
Quashing an FIR That Turns a Property or Money Dispute Into a Criminal Case
When the High Court can quash an FIR alleging cheating, forgery, or breach of trust over a property or money dispute, and the tests the courts apply.
Cyber Fraud & Digital Arrest Scams
View all 187 pages →Bank Account Freezes in Cyber Fraud Cases: An Unsettled Area
The legal basis police use to freeze accounts in cyber fraud investigations, and why High Courts currently disagree on its limits.
Digital Arrest Scams: How They Work and What the Supreme Court Has Directed
What a 'digital arrest' scam is, why it is not a real legal process, and the Supreme Court directions issued since October 2025.
Reporting Cyber Fraud: Timelines and Your Liability
How quickly you need to report an unauthorised transaction, and how the RBI's liability rules are set to change from 1 January 2027.
Money Recovery & Cheque Bounce
View all 84 pages →Cheque Bounce (NI Act Section 138): The Process After 2025 Reforms
How a cheque bounce complaint proceeds after the Supreme Court's September 2025 ruling on summons, payment, and compounding costs.
Recovering Money Owed to You: The Limitation Period and Your Options
The time limit for a civil recovery suit, how an acknowledgment of debt affects it, and which forum applies.
Consumer Disputes
View all 51 pages →Tenancy & Rent
View all 169 pages →Property Title & Transactions
View all 109 pages →Why a GPA or Agreement to Sell Does Not Transfer Property Title
A reminder of the Supreme Court's settled position that a General Power of Attorney or agreement to sell does not make you the legal owner.
Can a Senior Citizen Cancel a Gift of Property to Their Children?
How the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act has been applied to conditional gifts in 2025.
Registration Is Not the Same as Clear Title
Why a registered document alone does not guarantee the seller actually had good title to transfer.
Succession & Inheritance
View all 16 pages →A Daughter's Right as a Coparcener Under Hindu Succession Law
How Vineeta Sharma v Rakesh Sharma settled a daughter's equal right in ancestral Hindu joint family property.
Probate Is No Longer Mandatory in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai
A 2025 legislative change that removed the probate requirement for wills in India's three Presidency towns.
RERA & Homebuyers
View all 47 pages →Family & Matrimonial
View all 40 pages →Interim Maintenance: What Rajnesh v Neha Requires
How maintenance applications now move under BNSS, and the mandatory financial disclosure the Supreme Court introduced.
Can the 6-Month Cooling-Off Period for Divorce Be Waived?
When courts can waive the Hindu Marriage Act's cooling-off period, and when a marriage can be dissolved outright as irretrievably broken.