Real Estate, Property & Consumer Law
The firm advises on real estate transactions, property disputes, RERA compliance, and consumer protection matters before the relevant courts and commissions.
Real estate engagements at Lexacto & Co. demand a meticulous approach to title, regulatory compliance, and risk allocation. The firm conducts comprehensive title due diligence, advises on the structuring of acquisitions and joint developments, and prepares the conveyance and ancillary documentation required to give legal certainty to property transactions of significant value.
The practice represents developers, institutional purchasers, financial institutions taking real estate as security, and individual stakeholders in disputes before civil courts, revenue tribunals, and statutory authorities under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 and the laws governing land acquisition and tenancy. The firm's practitioners combine transactional precision with the litigation experience necessary to defend title and possession.
Scope of Services
- Title due diligence, search reports, and certificates of title
- Drafting and review of agreements to sell, conveyance deeds, lease deeds, and licence agreements
- Joint development agreements and area-sharing arrangements
- Acquisition of commercial and residential property by institutional buyers
- RERA registration, project compliance, and representation before the Real Estate Regulatory Authority
- Land acquisition advisory and compensation proceedings
- Civil suits for specific performance, declaration, possession, and injunction
- Tenancy and rent control disputes
- Property mortgage documentation for lender clients
Consumer Protection
The firm represents consumers and businesses in disputes concerning defective goods, deficient services, unfair trade practices, and related claims. Advice and representation are available to both complainants and opposite parties.
- Consumer complaints concerning defective goods and deficient services
- Claims involving unfair trade practices and product liability
- Drafting of complaints, written versions, appeals, and settlement terms
- Class and representative consumer proceedings
Forums & Authorities
The firm appears before forums having jurisdiction over real estate, land revenue, and ancillary property matters.
- High Courts in writ proceedings concerning land and property
- Civil courts and commercial courts of competent jurisdiction
- Land Acquisition Collectors and Reference Courts
- District and State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions across Delhi and India
- National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), New Delhi
- Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal
- Revenue tribunals and consolidation authorities
- Sub-Registrar and registration authorities for due-diligence purposes
Sectors Served
The real estate practice serves clients whose interests in immovable property require careful legal protection.
- Real estate developers and infrastructure entities
- Institutional and corporate purchasers
- Banks and financial institutions taking property as security
- Hospitality, retail, and warehousing operators
- Agricultural and industrial landowners
- High-net-worth individuals and family offices
- Consumers, service providers, financial institutions, and product companies in consumer disputes
Why Engage Lexacto & Co.
Clients engage the firm because real estate matters reward careful documentation and patient diligence — qualities the firm has cultivated through long engagement with property transactions and disputes. Senior counsel personally review title opinions and definitive transaction documents, and the firm's litigation bench is available to defend documentary work in the courts where it counts.
The integration of the real estate practice with banking, corporate, and dispute resolution teams allows the firm to advise on transactions whose complexity often crosses disciplinary boundaries — joint developments, secured financings, and contested acquisitions all benefit from this consolidated approach.