LEGAL RESOURCE CENTREMoneylife Foundation's Legal Resource Information Centre's (LRIC) main objective is to provide information, advice and preliminary guidance to persons needing legal help or planning legal action in 10 defined areas.



You can seek help and guidance in following 10 areas such as CHS, property-related issues, Complaints to regulators, Consumer complaints, IT Act and civil liberties, Filing PILs, Whistleblowers, Sexual harassment case, Wills & nominations, RTI and Basic legal research.

We as society would like to charge the shop owner for encroachment and restrict usage of the area.
Is this possible legally? what would be steps and process to ensure shops cannot use that area?
CHS, property-related issues

My query I don't stay in India, can my mother provide an NOC to society to my elder brother for him to contest in the executive committee elections is he eligible. Basic legal research

My sisters invested a significant amount of money, including funds from a loan, into a scheme presented by an individual. This person is now failing to return the invested amount.
We are seeking legal guidance on the options available to recover the lost funds.
Could you please let us know if this is an area your firm handles and how we might proceed with seeking your advice?
Thank you for your time and consideration. Basic legal research

We feel society MUST charge new buyer in 2025 ALL ARREARS from 2012 CHS, property-related issues

Our society is having stack parking with two stack one at lower and other at above for some members and remain individual. I have been allotted upper stack parking. For operations and maintenance charges of stack/mechanical machine, who will bear? The members those having parking at lower level and those having individual parking not agreeing for share the said charges. Society also want to engage driver for removing the for wheeler from upper stack or lower stack, but members are not agreeing to share charges. It is very difficult to remove vehicle from upper stack on emergency till the owner of lower stack remove his vehicle specially during night or in his absence. Please advice what I do and what the bye laws says.
I shall be very grateful to you. CHS, property-related issues

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AV Shenoy AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since r

Abhay Datar Abhay Datar is a consumer activist. After working at Bank of Baroda for about 29 years, he retired as IT Manager. After retirement, Mr Datar joined Consumer Guidance Cell of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) in 2008 and solved many cases related to banking including online fraudulent transactions, misuse of credit cards and ATM cards. Also handled cases related with mobile banking frauds and mediclaim. He was a Member of the Managing Committee of MGP till March 2021.

Shailesh Gandhi Shailesh Gandhi is a former Central Information Commissioner for the Right to Information Act. He is a successful RTI activist and a regular speaker at Moneylife Foundation.

Dr Rajendra Ganatra Dr Rajendra M Ganatra, was a banker for two decades and is now a registered Insolvency Resolution Professional, restructuring consultant and visiting faculty for MBA. He has more three decades of experience in project finance, asset reconstruction and financial restructuring. He is a Registered Insolvency Professional and has been the former MD & CEO of India SME Asset Reconstruction Co. Limited

Samir Zaveri An extraordinary activist who has dedicated his life to the cause of railways, with a mission to help every rail commuter and accident victims, and improve Railway safety.
Yogesh Sapkale Yogesh Sapkale is Deputy Editor of Moneylife and writes on legal, RTI, and consumer issues

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