What should You do if You Fall into a Property Fraud?
Jun 14, 2018 Home Trading Steps
Real estate sector is known for its miss commitments and frauds. From the past several years the authorities and government are taking different measures to make the sector organised and transparent for smooth and clean property transactions. But still, there are numerous cases of frauds that land up in the Indian civil and criminal courts every year. And judicial process usually takes very long time and incurs a lot of expenses. But still, everyone knocks the door of the judiciary to handle the situations. Hence if you are also in the same situation here is what you can do.
If the property is sold to another buyer without your consent
When anyone enters an agreement to sell and have received the full or part of the sale amount he or she is bound to follow the norms and is not allowed to sell the property to any other person until the agreement gets cancelled. If still, such situation happens when a person has sold the property without consent then you can file a suit and a compulsory ban against the seller of the property to save the possession of your property and then you can file a police complaint. In most of the cases, courts usually grants stay of the first date of hearing. You can also send a notice to the buyer while informing him or her about the real situation that you are already in the agreement and also in possession of the property.
If the property is taken over suspiciously
In such cases, a case of fraud and cheating should be filed. The victim of the fraud can also file a case in the court and request the court to declare the new sale as invalid. Do not that almost all court has a Legal Services Authority where the court appoints lawyers to fight cases free of cost. The lawyers get paid by the court so the victim does not have bear any cost. Hence the victim can approach the legal services authority in the respective district court.
There might be various other situations that you might get fall into, hence it is always better to seek help legally.
There might be various other situations that you might get fall into, hence it is always better to seek help legally.
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