Jointly owned property — a house held by several siblings, ancestral land shared among cousins, a plot left to multiple heirs — works only while everyone agrees. The moment one co-owner wants to sell, build or live separately, the joint holding becomes a source of conflict. A partition suit is the legal mechanism to divide it.
Advocate Ramesh Kadari files and defends partition suits that determine each co-owner's share, value the property, and divide it by metes and bounds or by sale and distribution of proceeds where physical division is impractical.
Many partitions can be settled amicably through a registered partition deed — quicker and cheaper than litigation. Where a co-owner is unreasonable, withholds a share, or has quietly transferred the property, the matter is pursued through the court, with an injunction to protect the property in the meantime.
What we handle
- Partition suits for ancestral and joint family property
- Determination of each co-owner's share
- Division by metes and bounds or by sale
- Registered partition and family-settlement deeds
- Injunctions to protect property pending partition
- Setting aside unfair or unilateral transfers
- Mesne profits for exclusive use by one co-owner
- Partition of agricultural and commercial property
Why instruct Advocate Ramesh Kadari
- ✓Shares determined accurately under the applicable law.
- ✓Amicable partition deeds where the family can agree.
- ✓Property protected by injunction while the suit proceeds.
- ✓Fair division — physical, or by sale where division is impractical.
Frequently asked questions
The court first declares each co-owner's share, then divides the property accordingly — physically 'by metes and bounds' where it can be split fairly, or by ordering a sale and distributing the proceeds where physical division would destroy the property's value. A commissioner is often appointed to measure and propose the division on the ground.
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