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Delaware couple maintained a fence and garden 9 feet into their neighbour’s land for over 20 years; when new neighbours demanded $30,000 or its removal, the court ruled the strip now belongs to the coupleA Newark, Delaware court has recently settled a property dispute favoring the Murrays, who upheld their fence for over two decades despite ...
A 65-year-old fence sparked a fight over 5.13 acres in Kansas; what happened and why did the neighbours go to court?The fence reportedly did not follow the actual legal property boundary. Around 5.13 acres of land, forming a triangular patch, lay between ...
Listed realty firm Phoenix Mills Ltd appoints Parveen Mahtani as group legal headAn alumna of Government Law College (GLC), Mumbai, Mahtani began her career at the law firm Desai & Diwanji as an associate, then joined an...
Law firms draft special teams to help GCCs navigate India terrainMultinational companies expanding their global capability centres in India may face multiple regulatory and operational challenges going fo...
SC notices to Centre, Assam on Oil India plea on rejection of drilling proposal at national parkThe Supreme Court has requested responses from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas regarding Oil India's proposal. This proposal invo...
Justin Baldoni sells LA home for $2.1M, nearly doubling his 2017 investment as he starts anew in Nashville after Blake Lively legal battleAfter years of residency, Justin Baldoni has sold his Culver City home for $2.1 million, stepping away from a chapter marked by a complicat...
Lindsay Clancy’s case and the limits of the insanity defence: Why jurors can reach different conclusionsLindsay Clancy, a former nurse, is on trial for murdering her three children in January 2023. Her defence claims postpartum psychosis impai...
Family members can reject sale of joint HUF land and treat it as void if Karta sells it solely for personal benefit; Key legal rules you must knowIn a Supreme Court ruling from earlier this year, the sale of joint ancestral property was deemed invalid if it only benefited one family m...
Virginia couple bought a 100-year-old home and turned its backyard into a garden. One year later, a neighbour claimed the land was his and wanted its fence removed, but then a judge stepped inA Virginia couple who bought a nearly 100-year-old home in 2025 transformed its gravel backyard into a garden with grass, flowers and veget...
Ghaziabad court sends Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan to 14-day judicial custodySenior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was sent to judicial custody for 14 days in a money laundering case. Khan was arrested by the Enfor...
Once father’s property is proved as joint property, married Hindu daughters can claim a right in it and demand partition, rules Karnataka High CourtBrothers resisted married sisters claim over late father’s properties; Karnataka HC rules in married sisters’ favour as properties are join...
Mahatama Gandhi's grandson trustee used AI to reclaim 30 acre land in US' Virginia after 20-month legal battleA Virginia resident who claimed a 30-acre property belonging to Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Kanu Gandhi and his wife Shiva through adverse po...
₹20.45 lakh cash deposits, ₹12.64 lakh capital gains from property sale questioned by Income Tax Department; here’s why woman wins relief at ITAT HyderabadA Telangana woman successfully challenged an income-tax dispute involving substantial cash deposits and a property sale. The ITAT Hyderabad...
Own property in UAE? Income Tax Department nudges taxpayers to declare undisclosed assets under FAST-DS 2026, know who needs to act and what they can doUAE property owners have received communication from the income tax department regarding undisclosed assets. Taxpayers are prompted to asse...
Grandson got 3.11 bigha of Delhi land and other properties via Will, family members objected to this; HC grants probate of Will to grandson, know whyFollowing Smt Shanti Devi's passing in 2001, her grandson Gahlot faced challenges from relatives contesting her will, asserting it was frau...
Can income tax officials take your PPF savings for unpaid tax dues? Know what the law saysDealing with a tax demand? It's essential to grasp how the Income Tax Department can seize dues from different assets, while your PPF accou...
Property inheritance without a Will: When can a release deed be required in case of Intestate succession?In instances where an individual passes away without leaving a Will, it may be essential for legal heirs to execute a release deed to strea...
Brother refused to give sister her share; Bombay HC upholds her 1/3 property right after mother gave her share to sonThe Bombay High Court has recently ruled in favor of a sister's claim to a portion of family property, rejecting her brother’s objections. ...
In 2012, a Philadelphia property went to a tax sale after unpaid bills piled up; years later, the fight over leftover money continuedNotably, James died in 2016. Then Loretta Leverett went to the court. She said that she was the surviving spouse and an interested party. S...
Sister’s husband claimed he got his father-in-law's land via oral gift and sold it but her brothers objected; Madras HC rules in brothers' favour for this reasonSister’s husband’s family sold her father’s 36 cents land claiming he had got the land via oral gift; Madras HC rules this oral gift invali...