Deadline & Limitation Map
The windows that decide your matter, computed from your documents and set out in writing before anything is drafted.
A property that was never handed over, a cheque that came back unpaid, an invoice nobody intends to pay. Different laws, different forums, different deadlines — and the same reason matters fail: a thin evidence file, a window that closed, and a forum chosen by habit. Register your matter and we will tell you which route fits, what your deadline is, and what the file is missing — before anything is filed in your name.
Each practice area runs on its own statute, its own forum and its own clock. Start with the one that matches your situation — or use the matter finder below if you are not sure which applies.
Possession delayed, refund stuck, registry or OC/CC pending, assured returns stopped, a demand raised unfairly, or an agreement you want read before you sign.
A cheque issued to you came back unpaid. Three statutory windows now run back to back, and the first one closes 30 days after the bank return memo.
Unpaid invoices, a loan never returned, an advance against nothing delivered, a deposit quietly withheld. Recoverable, and usually attempted in the wrong order.
Most people arrive describing a problem, not a statute — and that is the right way round. Pick what is actually happening and see the route it usually points to, what it can deliver, and the documents we would read first.
General guidance only. The correct route, forum, relief and deadline depend on your documents and your facts — confirmed after reviewing your file. This does not create a lawyer-client relationship.
The same six outputs regardless of which practice area your matter sits in. The documents differ; the standard does not.
The windows that decide your matter, computed from your documents and set out in writing before anything is drafted.
Which route fits — and why the others were set aside. RERA, Consumer Forum, Magistrate, summary suit, arbitration or MSEFC.
What is missing from your chain of proof, and what to collect before a notice goes out rather than after it has.
Statutory notices, replies and submissions documented properly, with a service plan that stands up to scrutiny later.
Principal, interest and costs worked to a figure that can be defended line by line rather than argued down.
What to do, in what order, before you file, reply, pay or escalate — and what not to do in the meantime.
Five steps, run the same way across all three practice areas. Most matters are weakened in the order they are handled, not in the law.
Send a short summary with whatever you have — an agreement, a bank return memo, invoices, a notice or a payment history. Incomplete is fine to start.
Before anything is drafted: the notice window, the limitation position or the reply deadline, computed from your documents.
Scattered receipts, ledgers, memos and chats become an organised, indexed file with a clean chronology.
The forum and the relief chosen on your facts — not by habit, and not by whichever route is most familiar.
Notices, replies and submissions prepared, and the matter coordinated with qualified professionals for filing and appearance.
The matters differ, the problem rarely does: money or property that is yours, held by someone who has stopped responding.
A home you paid for and have not received. A cheque someone gave you that bounced. Money lent to a person who has stopped answering.
Invoices long past due, security cheques that bounced, a buyer who went quiet after delivery, a deposit nobody will release.
Matters in India you cannot run from where you live. Documents move over WhatsApp and email, calls happen in your timezone.
Six reasons clients choose a documents-first, deadline-aware desk over a generic legal listing.
A 30-day notice window, a three-year limitation period or a reply deadline decides more matters than argument ever does. Yours is computed before a word is drafted.
Real estate and RERA, cheque dishonour under Section 138, and civil money recovery — each with its own forums, deadlines and evidence requirements, handled at one desk.
Matters are built on receipts, ledgers, memos, notices, emails, chats and bank trails — not on how strongly anyone feels about the default.
The obvious route is often the wrong one. RERA, Consumer Forum, Magistrate, summary suit, ordinary suit, arbitration and MSEFC are each assessed against the relief you actually want.
We act for the party seeking relief — the buyer, the payee, the supplier, the lender. Never the other side, in any practice area.
You receive a written position — route, relief, deadline and evidence gaps — before any filing, payment or reply is made in your name.
Forums, documents and deadlines, written for people who are not lawyers.
Which forum actually delivers a refund with interest, and when each one is the wrong choice.
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ReadThat is a normal place to start, and it is the first thing we sort out. Many matters sit across two — an assured-return dispute where the builder's cheques also bounced is both a real-estate matter and a cheque-dishonour matter, and each route carries its own deadline. Send a short summary with whatever documents you have; we tell you which desk fits, what your deadline is, and whether more than one route is worth running.
The first review is without obligation. You send the documents, we come back within one working day with the likely route, the deadline position and what the file is missing. Anything beyond that is quoted before it starts, so nothing begins without your agreement on scope and cost.
No. Grivaa Legal is a legal-strategy and documentation-support platform. We compute deadlines, organise the evidence file, map the forum and prepare documentation. Filing and any appearance are handled by qualified legal professionals after reviewing complete documents, with whom we coordinate.
That depends entirely on the practice area, which is exactly why it is the first thing we check. A dishonoured cheque gives you 30 days from the bank's return memo to issue the statutory demand notice. A money claim generally runs on a three-year limitation period. A notice carries its own stated deadline. A possession or refund matter is less immediately time-critical but limitation still applies. If a cheque of yours has bounced recently, treat it as urgent.
Yes, and it is more common than people expect. A business chasing an unpaid invoice often also holds a dishonoured cheque against the same debtor. What matters is that the claim amounts, the pleadings and any recovery already received stay consistent across both files — which is precisely where unmanaged parallel filings create problems. We sequence the routes rather than filing twice and hoping.
Yes. Documents are reviewed remotely over WhatsApp and email, and calls happen in your timezone. Where a filing later needs presence in India, a Power of Attorney structure is guided and local representation coordinated. This applies across all three practice areas, not only property matters.
Whatever you already have — an incomplete file is fine to start and we will tell you what is missing. For a bounced cheque, the cheque and the bank return memo. For money owed, invoices and the bank trail. For a property matter, the agreement, receipts and the builder ledger. For a notice, the notice itself with its deadline.
Documents stay with our desk and are used only to assess and prepare your matter. They are shared with the qualified professionals coordinating your filing where that is necessary, and not otherwise.
Confirm in the WhatsApp chat that just opened and send your documents, or we'll reach out within one working day.
Send what you have. We'll tell you which route fits, how long you have, and what the file still needs.