LEGAL DRAFTING AND REGISTRATION SERVICES:
Our important services in the fields of Indian legal drafting and registration services:
• BUSINESS DOCUMENTS DRAFTING SERVICES:
o Agreements
o Partnership deeds under partnership business laws
o Joint venture deeds
o Merger and de merger agreements and deeds
o Collaboration agreements
o Incorporation and formation of company petitions
• DOCUMENTATION UNDER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY:
o Drafting of terms and conditions use of websites
o Drafting and vetting of disclaimer clause for websites, e-mails
o Service level agreements (SLA)
o Vendor agreements
• PROPERTY DOCUMENTS DRAFTING SERVICES:
o Sale deeds
o Agreement to sale deeds
o Earnest money receipts
o General power of Attorneys (GPA)
o Special Power Attorney (SPA)
o Possession documents
o Transfer documents
• SOCIETY , NGO DEED DRAFTING SERVICES:
o Trust
o Society
o NGO
o Charitable society
• FAMILY LAW DOCUMENTS DRAFTING SERVICES:
o Wills
o Probate petitions
o Family estate distribution petitions
o Family settlements
o Adoption deeds
o Divorce petitions
o Relinquishment deeds
• SERVICE LAW DOCUMENTS DRAFTING SERVICES:
o Contracts of services including appointment letters
o Termination letters
o Vendor agreements
o Settlements with unions and employees
o Full and final account settlements
• COURT PETITION DRAFTING SERVICES:
o All kinds of court petitions
o All kinds of appeals
o All kinds of cross appeals
o All kinds of writ petitions, SLPs
• MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS DRAFTING SERVICES:
o International agreement drafting and drafting of various other kinds of deeds, agreements, legal documents etc.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION:
Drafting and registration services of various Indian legal documents, deeds, petitions, agreements etc is a very important legal service being done at our Indian law firm. We have in house team of Indian advocates and Indian attorneys who are experts in drafting and vetting of legal documents of various kinds. This service assumes importance in view of the complexities of Indian laws applicable in drafting of Indian legal documents in India. Any kind of business deal is governed by the type of legal documentation entered between the parties hence the drafting of the legal documents becomes very important in this regard. Drafting of any document, deed involves the incorporation of the entire facts and figures which are compulsory under law and applying the same on the given set of facts.
Legal drafting services are a highly specialized legal service and are undertaken by our Indian law firm. Registration services of the documents in India involve the presentation of the document for registration before the authority concerned. The process for registration of the document has been provided under the law under the Indian Registration Act, which governs the requirements of the registration of documents and various other aspects attached to it. For registration of the documents the parties concerned are presented before the Sub-Registrar for the registration of the document alongwith the witnesses and the necessary documents and due stamping. The Registration of documents becomes important and crucial from the point of their legal status. The Indian laws governing the legal documentation are governed by the Transfer of Property Act, 1882, Indian Registration Act, 1908 and Specific Relief Act, 1963. The Indian Registration Act of 1908 governs the various aspects of registration of the legal documents in Indian. Most important of all sections in The Indian Registration Act of 1908 is Section 17 which describes the requirements of the registration of the documents.
It is very essential to seek good legal services for drafting and registration of the documents as the said documents have very long ranging legal effects and in case of any dispute the nature of document becomes an important piece of evidence. As described above the legal documentation services in India is done by Indian lawyers and Indian Attorneys who specialize in legal documentation services of drafting, vetting and execution of legal documents. The registration of legal documents through valid and proper process would safeguard the interests of the parties forever.
SECTION 17 OF THE INDIAN REGISTRATION ACT, 1908 deals prescribes the legal requirement for mandatory registration of the documents. The category of documents which required compulsory registration so as to become legally valid can be described as under:
(a) Instrument of gift of immovable property;
(b) Other testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property;
(c) Non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment, limitation or extinction of any such right , title or interest;
(d) Lease of immovable property form year to year, or for any terms exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent; and\
(e) Non-testamentary instrument transferring or assigning any decree or order of a Court or any award when such decree or order or award purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish whether in present or in future any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards to or in immovable property;
LIST OF DOCUMENTS WHICH REQUIRE MANDATORY REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 17 OF THE INDIAN REGISTRATION ACT, 1908:
Agreements relating to deposit of title of any property
Cancellation of any instrument
Certificate of Sale of a property
Any kind of Conveyance deed
Sale deed of a property
Decree of Sale deed /conveyance
Any instrument creating an additional copy of a document
Award of movable as well as immovable property
Deed for exchange of property
Further charge
Gift
Perpetual lease of a property
Rectification Deed for any immovable property
Lease of rents up to one year and above
Deed of Mortgage of a property
Deed of Mortgage as collateral
Mortgage of a crop
Deed of partition
Relinquishment Deed
Release Deed
Settlement Deed
Decree of settlement
Memorandum of Settlement of any kind
Surrender of lease
Transfer of lease
Trust
DOCUMENTS FOR WHICH REGISTRATION IS OPTIONAL:
Declaration
Authenticated GPA
General Agreement
Consent letter
Rectification Deed of a movable property
Authority to adopt
Award of movable property
Indemnity Bond
Cancellation of any agreement
Divorce
Adoption deed
Receipt
Partnership Deed
Special Power of Attorney
General Power of Attorney
GPA with consideration
Disclaimer
Revocation of Trust deed
Dissolution Deed of Partnership
Deed of Retirement form Partnership
PROCEDURE OF REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO IMMOVABLE PROPERTY:
Taking of inputs regarding the terms and conditions to be incorporated as per the deal of the parties to the transaction.
Drafting the memorandum incorporating all the terms and conditions and the legal ingredients governing the terms and conditions.
Determining and arranging for the stamp duty for the registration of the document.
Obtaining the signature of the parties to the deal in accordance with the registration laws.
Obtaining the signatures of the witnesses or the attesting witnesses who counter sign on the document.
Presenting the parties before the Sub-Registrar for registration of the document and to complete all the formalities regarding the registration of the document with the office of the Sub-Registrar.
Obtaining the original copy of the registration document after stamping and registration by the office of the registrar.
Obtaining a certified copy of the document for future reference.