# Adv. Tamanna Shaikh

> Advocate — Malad West, Mumbai


## Posts

- [Diwali Firecrackers in Mumbai: Timings, Green Crackers, Silence Zones and Licences for Cracker Shops](https://advtamanna.in/diwali-firecrackers-rules-mumbai-timings-licence/): Firecrackers are not banned in Mumbai, but they are regulated: bursting is restricted to set hours, only permitted (green) crackers may be sold, silence zones are off-limits, and anyone selling crackers needs a licence. The rules for families, housing societies and shopkeepers.
- [Bakri Eid Qurbani in Mumbai: BMC Permission, Designated Spots, Society NOC and the Rules](https://advtamanna.in/bakri-eid-qurbani-permission-mumbai-bmc-rules/): Qurbani on Bakri Eid is lawful in Mumbai, but only within BMC's religious slaughter policy. Online permission through the MyBMC app, the designated locations, the society NOC needed for qurbani at a building, buffalo slaughter only at Deonar, animals that cannot be slaughtered in Maharashtra, and practical steps before Eid.
- [NGO Darpan 'Registered With': Which Registering Authority to Choose for a Maharashtra Trust, Society or Section 8 Company](https://advtamanna.in/ngo-darpan-registering-authority-maharashtra-trust-society-section-8/): The 'registered with' or registering authority field on NGO Darpan trips up many Maharashtra organisations, because trusts and societies here deal with the Charity Commissioner's office. What to choose for a public trust, a society, a dual-registered society and a Section 8 company, which number and date to enter, and how to avoid a mismatch that blocks your Darpan ID.
- [A Husband's Rights in Divorce in Mumbai: Maintenance, Custody, Property and False Cases](https://advtamanna.in/husband-rights-divorce-mumbai-maintenance-custody-property/): Matrimonial law is often discussed only from the wife's side, but a husband also has clear rights. Grounds for divorce, how maintenance is fixed after Rajnesh v. Neha, when a husband can claim maintenance himself, custody and visitation, what happens to property and the home, Muslim husbands, and protection against false criminal cases.
- [NRI Legal Guide: Handling Property, Documents and Court Work in Mumbai From Abroad](https://advtamanna.in/nri-legal-guide-mumbai-property-power-of-attorney-documents-from-abroad/): Indians living abroad often need legal work done in Mumbai: selling or renting a flat, transferring a parent's property, changing a name, or fighting a case. How a power of attorney executed abroad becomes valid here, what NRIs can and cannot own, inheritance and probate, name changes, and handling court matters with minimal travel.
- [Gumasta Licence in Mumbai (2026): New 20-Worker Rule, Online Intimation, Renewal and Closure](https://advtamanna.in/gumasta-licence-mumbai-2026-20-worker-rule-intimation-renewal/): Many guides still say a Gumasta licence is needed for 10 or more workers. Since 1 October 2025, Maharashtra's threshold is 20. What small shops and offices in Mumbai must file now, whether old certificates need renewal, what banks ask for, longer working hours, and how to intimate closure.
- [GST Registration in Mumbai Stuck? How to Reply to a Query (REG-03) and Fix Address-Proof Problems](https://advtamanna.in/gst-registration-mumbai-reg-03-query-reply-address-proof/): Most GST registration applications in Mumbai that fail do so at one step: the officer's clarification notice in Form REG-03. The timelines (7 working days to reply), physical verification and biometric checks, the address-proof problems typical of Mumbai premises, and how to draft a REG-04 reply that gets approved.
- [How to Check Your DGPS Gazette Status and Download Your Maharashtra Gazette PDF (and What 'Approved by DGPS' Means)](https://advtamanna.in/dgps-maharashtra-gazette-status-download-pdf-approved-meaning/): After applying for a name change in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, most people want to know two things: what their status means and how to download the gazette. The steps on the DGPS portal (Rajpatra Status, Application ID, Registration Number, View Gazette), what each stage means, and what to do if your gazette does not appear.
- [Working in the Gulf or Abroad and Your Wife Misused Your Money? An NRI Husband's Legal Options](https://advtamanna.in/nri-husband-gulf-wife-misused-money-property-gold-legal-options/): Many men working in Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait or elsewhere send their savings home to build a house or buy gold, and later find the money spent, the flat in the wife's name, or the marriage broken. Who owns property bought in the wife's name, the 2016 benami exception, how to stop a sale, civil and criminal remedies, divorce, and how to protect future remittances.
- [NGO Darpan Registration: A Step-by-Step Guide for Lawyers (and the AI Agents Who Help Them)](https://advtamanna.in/ngo-darpan-registration-step-by-step-guide/): A practical walkthrough of registering a society, trust or Section 8 company on the NITI Aayog NGO Darpan portal: documents, account creation, NPO details, member details and common problems.
- [How to Prepare Trust and Society Registration Documents: A Simple Guide for New Lawyers and AI Agents](https://advtamanna.in/how-to-prepare-trust-society-registration-documents/): A step-by-step guide to assembling a clean trust or society registration package in Mumbai: what to collect, the order of work, the documents in the package, a final checklist, and how to brief an AI agent.
- [Widowed Daughter-in-Law: Your Right to Maintenance, a Home and a Share in Your Husband's Property](https://advtamanna.in/widowed-daughter-in-law-maintenance-residence-rights-in-laws/): When a woman is widowed, in-laws sometimes stop supporting her or ask her to leave. The law gives her real protection: maintenance from her husband's estate and her father-in-law under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, a 2026 Supreme Court ruling extending this to the father-in-law's estate, the right to live in the shared household, and her inheritance as her husband's heir.
- [Bought Trust Property Without Charity Commissioner Sanction? Ex-Post-Facto Sanction Under Section 36(5)](https://advtamanna.in/trust-property-sold-without-sanction-ex-post-facto-section-36-5/): Many flats, plots and shops in Mumbai were bought from public trusts without the Charity Commissioner's previous sanction, leaving buyers with a defective title. Section 36(5) allows ex-post-facto sanction in exceptional cases for transfers made before the 2017 amendment. Who it helps, the seven conditions, what buyers and trustees should do, and the tougher penalties since 2025.
- [When a Trustee Dies: What the Remaining Trustees Must Do in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/trustee-died-what-to-do-public-trust-maharashtra/): The death of a trustee often freezes a trust: the bank stops operations and no one is sure who can act. The steps the remaining trustees should take, the 90-day change report, what to do when the deed is silent or the last trustee has died, and the court rulings on quorum and delay.
- [Tenant in a Building Owned by a Public Trust? How Redevelopment Works and the Charity Commissioner's Role](https://advtamanna.in/redevelopment-trust-owned-building-tenants-section-36-mumbai/): Old chawls and buildings in Girgaon, Dadar, Byculla and elsewhere are often owned by public charitable trusts. Their redevelopment cannot proceed without the Charity Commissioner's sanction under Section 36. What the sanction covers, why courts insist on transparent bidding, where tenants fit in, and what trustees and tenants should each do.
- [Ganesh, Navratri or Dahi Handi Mandal Collecting Donations? Charity Commissioner Permission Under Section 41C](https://advtamanna.in/ganesh-mandal-donation-permission-charity-commissioner-section-41c/): Every sarvajanik mandal that collects vargani, donations or offerings in Maharashtra without being a registered public trust needs prior permission under Section 41C of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act. Who needs it, the 7-day online timeline and deemed permission, the six-month certificate, audited accounts, penalties, and why many mandals register permanently.
- [Late Marriage Registration in Mumbai: Registering After 90 Days or Years Later](https://advtamanna.in/late-marriage-registration-mumbai-after-90-days/): Many couples in Mumbai register their marriage years later, often when a visa, passport or property matter requires a certificate. How late registration works under the Maharashtra 1998 Act, the Section 15 Special Marriage Act route for older or inter-faith marriages, documents, witnesses, and getting the certificate apostilled.
- [Name Change After Marriage in Maharashtra: Is a Gazette Needed?](https://advtamanna.in/name-change-after-marriage-maharashtra-gazette-needed/): A woman does not have to change her name after marriage. If she does, the marriage certificate is often enough to update records, but a gazette notification helps in some cases, especially when the first name also changes. When each route works, reverting after divorce, and the order to update documents.
- [After Your Name Change Gazette: How to Update Aadhaar, PAN, Passport, Bank and Other Records](https://advtamanna.in/update-aadhaar-pan-passport-bank-after-name-change-gazette/): A gazette notification proves a change of name but does not update any record by itself. The sensible order to update Aadhaar, PAN, bank accounts, passport, voter ID, driving licence, EPF and educational records, what each usually needs, and common pitfalls such as Aadhaar's two-change limit.
- [Gazette Office in Mumbai (DGPS, Charni Road): Do You Need to Visit for a Name Change?](https://advtamanna.in/gazette-office-mumbai-dgps-charni-road/): The Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, which publishes the Maharashtra Government Gazette, is at Netaji Subhash Road, Charni Road, Mumbai 400004. What it does, why name change applications are now filed online, and when an office visit still helps.
- [Maharashtra Gazette Name Change: Fees, How Many Days It Takes, and Why Applications Get Rejected](https://advtamanna.in/maharashtra-gazette-name-change-fees-time-rejection-reasons/): The real cost and timeline of a name change in the Maharashtra Government Gazette: the DGPS fee, the 15-day publication period, newspaper advertisements, State vs Central Gazette, what an approved status means, and the mistakes that lead to rejection.
- [False FIR Filed Against You? Anticipatory Bail, Quashing Under Section 528 BNSS and Other Remedies](https://advtamanna.in/false-fir-filed-against-me-quashing-section-528-bnss-mumbai/): A false or exaggerated FIR can be challenged. What to do first, how a Section 35 BNSS notice and anticipatory bail work, when the Bombay High Court quashes FIRs under Section 528 BNSS (formerly Section 482 CrPC), and remedies against the person who filed it.
- [Leave and Licence Disputes in Mumbai: Deposit Not Returned, or Licensee Not Vacating](https://advtamanna.in/leave-licence-dispute-deposit-not-returned-licensee-not-vacating-mumbai/): Most Mumbai rentals are on leave and licence. What to do when the owner will not return the deposit, or when the occupant refuses to leave after the licence expires, including summary eviction under Section 24 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act and liability for double licence fees.
- [Housing Society Refusing Transfer, Demanding Huge Charges or NOC? Your Rights in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/housing-society-transfer-noc-illegal-charges-maharashtra/): Housing societies in Mumbai often delay transfers, demand 'donations' or large transfer fees, or insist on an NOC for sale. What the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act and model bye-laws allow, the limits on charges, and where to complain.
- [Harassed by Loan Recovery Agents? Your Rights Under RBI Rules and How to Complain](https://advtamanna.in/loan-recovery-agent-harassment-rbi-rules-complaint-mumbai/): Missing EMIs is a civil matter; harassment is not allowed. RBI rules restrict recovery calls to 8 am to 7 pm and bar threats, abuse and shaming of family or colleagues. How to document harassment, complain to the lender and the RBI Ombudsman, deal with illegal loan apps, and when the police can act.
- [How to File a Consumer Complaint in Mumbai: Defective Products, Bad Service and Refunds](https://advtamanna.in/consumer-complaint-e-jagriti-mumbai-guide/): A defective phone, an insurer rejecting a valid claim, an airline refusing a refund, a hospital overcharging: the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 gives a quick, low-cost remedy. Which commission to approach, how to file online on e-Jagriti, the fees and time limit, and what compensation can be claimed.
- [Builder Delayed Your Flat? How to File a MahaRERA Complaint for Possession, Interest or Refund](https://advtamanna.in/builder-delay-possession-maharera-complaint-refund-interest/): If a builder fails to give possession by the date in the agreement, Section 18 of RERA lets the buyer choose: stay in the project and receive interest for every month of delay, or withdraw and get a refund with interest. How MahaRERA complaints work, what to file, and how orders are enforced.
- [Lost Money to an Online or UPI Fraud? What to Do in the First Hour](https://advtamanna.in/online-upi-fraud-money-lost-what-to-do-1930-mumbai/): Speed decides whether money lost to online fraud can be frozen and recovered. The first-hour steps, the RBI rule that gives zero liability if you report within three working days, how the 1930 helpline and cybercrime portal work, and what to do if the bank refuses to refund.
- [Can My Husband or In-Laws Throw Me Out of the House? A Wife's Right to Residence](https://advtamanna.in/right-to-residence-shared-household-dv-act-mumbai/): Under Section 17 of the Domestic Violence Act, a woman cannot be evicted from the shared household except by due process, even if it belongs to her in-laws. What counts as a shared household, the Supreme Court rulings, the limits of the right, and what to do if you are locked out.
- [How to File a Domestic Violence Case in Mumbai: Step by Step Under the DV Act](https://advtamanna.in/how-to-file-domestic-violence-case-mumbai-dv-act/): The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 lets a woman seek protection, residence, money and custody orders quickly from a Magistrate. Who can file, what counts as domestic violence, the role of the Protection Officer, the steps, the reliefs available and the timelines.
- [Getting Back Your Stridhan and Jewellery After Separation: A Guide for Women in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/stridhan-recovery-jewellery-after-separation-mumbai/): Jewellery and gifts given to a woman before, at or after her marriage are her stridhan and remain her absolute property. What counts as stridhan, the 2024 Supreme Court ruling ordering Rs 25 lakh for lost gold, the routes to recover it, and how to prove it without receipts.
- [Ex Threatening to Leak Your Private Photos or Videos? What to Do Right Now](https://advtamanna.in/ex-threatening-to-leak-private-photos-videos-sextortion-mumbai/): Threats to share intimate images are a serious crime in India, and platforms must remove such content within 24 hours of a complaint. A step-by-step plan: what to do first, how to report, how takedown works, and the offences under the BNS and the Information Technology Act.
- [Boyfriend Cheated After Promising Marriage? Section 69 BNS, Live-in Rights and What the Courts Look For](https://advtamanna.in/boyfriend-cheated-false-promise-of-marriage-section-69-bns/): Section 69 of the BNS punishes sexual intercourse obtained by a false promise of marriage or other deceit. Courts insist on a promise that was false from the start, not a relationship that simply failed. How such cases are judged, the rights of a woman in a live-in relationship, and other remedies for money and threats.
- [Husband Married Again Without Divorce? Bigamy Under Section 82 BNS and the First Wife's Rights](https://advtamanna.in/husband-second-marriage-without-divorce-bigamy-section-82-bns/): For Hindus, Christians, Parsis and those married under the Special Marriage Act, a second marriage while the first subsists is void and an offence under Section 82 BNS. How the complaint is filed, the position under Muslim law, and the first wife's civil remedies.
- [Husband Having an Affair? A Wife's Legal Options in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/husband-affair-cheating-wife-legal-options-mumbai/): Since 2018, adultery is not a criminal offence in India, but a husband's affair still has legal consequences. Divorce on adultery or cruelty, maintenance, the right to stay in the home, custody, the 2025 Supreme Court ruling on recorded calls, and what a wife should avoid doing.
- [Child Custody in Mumbai: How the Family Court Decides and What Each Parent Can Ask For](https://advtamanna.in/child-custody-mumbai-family-court-guide/): Custody in Mumbai is decided by the Family Court on one test: the welfare of the child. The laws that apply to Hindu, Muslim and inter-faith couples, why children under five ordinarily stay with the mother, interim custody, visitation, the child's own wishes, and practical steps.
- [Making a Will in Mumbai: Witnesses, Registration and Probate](https://advtamanna.in/will-making-mumbai-registration-probate/): A will needs two witnesses but need not be registered. In Mumbai, many wills must be probated before they can be relied on in court. The formalities, the probate rule under Sections 57 and 213 of the Indian Succession Act, the one-third limit for Muslim wills, and why a nominee is not the owner.
- [Gift Deed in Maharashtra: Rs 200 Stamp Duty for Family, Registration, and When a Gift Can Be Cancelled](https://advtamanna.in/gift-deed-maharashtra-stamp-duty-registration-cancellation/): A gift of a residential or agricultural property to a spouse, child, grandchild or a deceased son's widow attracts stamp duty of only Rs 200 in Maharashtra. Rates for other gifts, the registration process, oral gifts under Muslim law, and when a gift deed can be cancelled, including by senior citizens.
- [Police Not Registering Your FIR? Zero FIR, e-FIR and Your Remedies Under the BNSS](https://advtamanna.in/police-not-registering-fir-zero-fir-e-fir-bnss-mumbai/): Under Section 173 of the BNSS the police must register information about a cognizable offence. How zero FIRs and e-FIRs work, when a preliminary enquiry is allowed, and the two remedies when an FIR is refused: the senior officer and the Magistrate.
- [Dowry Harassment and Cruelty by Husband or In-Laws: A Woman's Options, Including Everyday Harassment in the Sasural](https://advtamanna.in/dowry-harassment-cruelty-section-85-86-bns-mumbai/): Section 498A IPC is now Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with cruelty defined in Section 86. What counts as cruelty, the dowry offences, the civil reliefs under the Domestic Violence Act, the 2025 Supreme Court ruling on arrests, and practical first steps.
- [Free and Concessional Treatment in Charitable Hospitals in Mumbai: Who Qualifies and How to Ask](https://advtamanna.in/charitable-hospital-free-treatment-mumbai-indigent-weaker-section/): Many large private hospitals in Mumbai are run by public charitable trusts and must keep beds for poor patients. Who qualifies as indigent or weaker section, which documents are needed, the rules for emergencies, and how to complain if a hospital refuses.
- [Charity Commissioner Online Login and Schedule I Entry: Getting Your Trust on the Portal](https://advtamanna.in/charity-commissioner-online-login-schedule-i-entry/): How a Maharashtra public trust gets its login on charity.maharashtra.gov.in, enters and verifies its existing Schedule I record, and then files change reports online. Where trusts get stuck and how to fix it.
- [Mosque, Madrasa or Dargah: Waqf Board or Charity Commissioner?](https://advtamanna.in/mosque-madrasa-waqf-board-or-charity-commissioner-maharashtra/): Which law governs a mosque, madrasa, dargah or Muslim charitable institution in Maharashtra: the Waqf Act, 1995 or the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950. Why older institutions hold Charity Commissioner numbers, the 2025 amendment and UMEED portal, and practical steps.
- [FCRA Registration for Trusts and NGOs in Mumbai: The Basics](https://advtamanna.in/fcra-registration-trust-ngo-basics/): When a trust, society or Section 8 company can receive foreign donations: FCRA registration vs prior permission, the SBI New Delhi FCRA account, the ban on onward transfer, the administrative expense cap, annual returns, and what to fix first.
- [CSR-1 Registration for Trusts and NGOs: Eligibility, Documents and Steps](https://advtamanna.in/csr-1-registration-trust-ngo-eligibility-process/): How a trust, society or Section 8 company registers on Form CSR-1 to receive CSR funds: eligibility (12A/80G and a three-year track record), the order of registrations, DSC and professional certification, and common reasons for rejection.
- [NGO DARPAN ID Not Generated or Application Rejected? Common Reasons and Fixes](https://advtamanna.in/ngo-darpan-rejected-id-not-generated-reasons-fix/): Why NGO DARPAN applications get stuck or returned: PAN and name mismatches, office bearer Aadhaar/PAN errors, trustees differing from the Charity Commissioner register, address and document problems, and how to fix each one.
- [Nikah Registration in Mumbai: Getting a Marriage Certificate for a Muslim Marriage](https://advtamanna.in/nikah-registration-mumbai-muslim-marriage-certificate/): How to register a nikah in Mumbai and get a government marriage certificate: nikahnama vs certificate, Form D at the BMC ward office, three witnesses, Urdu translation, the 90-day time limit and late registration.
- [Transfer of a Society Flat After the Death of a Member in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/transfer-society-flat-after-death-of-member-maharashtra/): Who gets a co-operative society flat in Mumbai when a member dies: why a nominee is not automatically the owner, the 2019 housing society chapter, the documents societies accept, and the steps for heirs.
- [PTR Number: Full Form, Meaning and How to Check a Trust Online in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/ptr-number-public-trust-register-check-trust-online/): PTR means Public Trust Register. What a PTR number is, what the register records, how to look up a trust on the Charity Commissioner’s Know Your Trust page, and how to get a certified extract.
- [Are Gumasta and Udyam the Same? Shop Act vs Udyam Registration in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/gumasta-vs-udyam-registration-difference/): Gumasta is registration under the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments Act, 2017; Udyam is the Central MSME registration. What each does, the 10-worker intimation rule, whether you need both, and the right order.
- [Change of Trustee: Sample Formats for Notice, Resolution, Consent and Resignation (Maharashtra)](https://advtamanna.in/change-of-trustee-formats-resolution-consent-letter-maharashtra/): Sample formats for a trustee change in a Maharashtra public trust: meeting notice, resolution appointing a trustee (tenure or perpetual), consent letter, resignation letter, resolution accepting resignation, and what the outgoing trustee affidavit covers.
- [Khula and Divorce for Muslim Women in Mumbai: Rights and Process](https://advtamanna.in/khula-muslim-divorce-women-mumbai/): How a Muslim woman can end her marriage in India: khula (including the 2025 Telangana High Court ruling on consent), mubarat, a decree under the 1939 Act, the law on triple talaq, mehr, maintenance and custody.
- [Court Marriage in Mumbai Under the Special Marriage Act: Step-by-Step Guide](https://advtamanna.in/court-marriage-mumbai-special-marriage-act/): A complete guide to court marriage in Mumbai under the Special Marriage Act, 1954: who can marry, the 30-day notice and objections, three witnesses, the certificate, Section 15 registration, documents and FAQs.
- [A Wife's Rights in Divorce in Mumbai: Home, Maintenance, Children and Stridhan](https://advtamanna.in/wife-rights-divorce-mumbai-maintenance-custody-stridhan/): A wife's rights in a divorce in Mumbai, step by step: the right to stay in the home, interim maintenance and alimony, custody of children, return of stridhan, mutual consent and contested divorce, and options for Muslim women.
- [Renewing 12A and 80G Registration Under the Income-tax Act, 2025](https://advtamanna.in/renew-12a-80g-registration-income-tax-act-2025/): 12A and 80G are now Sections 332 and 354 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Existing registrations continue until expiry; renewal is in Form 105 at least six months before. Validity periods, the 10-year rule, documents and Form 107.
- [Changing the Name or Objects of a Public Trust in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/change-trust-name-objects-maharashtra/): How a Maharashtra public trust can change its name or objects: what the deed must allow, the Section 22 change report, the scheme, cy-près and suit routes where it does not, and the income-tax, bank and DARPAN updates that follow.
- [How to Remove a Trustee in Maharashtra: Section 41D and Section 47](https://advtamanna.in/remove-trustee-maharashtra-section-41d-47/): The four ways a trustee of a Maharashtra public trust ceases to hold office, the grounds for removal under Sections 41D and 47 of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, how the proceedings run and which route fits.
- [Delayed Birth Registration: New Rules from 1 October 2026](https://advtamanna.in/delayed-birth-registration-new-rules-october-2026/): From 1 October 2026, births reported more than two years late need an order of a Judicial Magistrate First Class. The new time bands under Section 13, what Mumbai applicants need, and the Maharashtra rule on Aadhaar.
- [Tenure and Perpetual Trustees: The 2025 Amendment to the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act](https://advtamanna.in/maharashtra-public-trusts-amendment-2025-tenure-perpetual-trustees/): The Maharashtra Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 introduced tenure and perpetual trustees, a one-fourth cap on perpetual trustees, a five-year default term, a property document for registration and a 120-day limit for revision. What changed and what trustees should check.
- [Legal Heir Certificate, Succession Certificate and Probate: What Each One Does](https://advtamanna.in/legal-heir-certificate-succession-certificate-probate-difference/): The difference between a legal heir certificate, a succession certificate and probate of a will, and where each is used after a death.
- [Maintenance Under Section 144 BNSS: Who May Claim and How](https://advtamanna.in/maintenance-section-144-bnss-who-can-claim/): Who can claim maintenance under Section 144 of the BNSS, the successor of Section 125 CrPC, and how interim maintenance works.
- [Registering a Sale Deed in Maharashtra: Stamp Duty, Registration and Time Limits](https://advtamanna.in/sale-deed-registration-maharashtra-stamp-duty-time-limit/): Why a sale of immovable property must be by registered deed, the four-month limit to present it, and what follows registration.
- [Leave and Licence Agreements in Maharashtra: Registration and Basics](https://advtamanna.in/leave-and-licence-agreement-maharashtra-registration/): What a leave and licence agreement is, why it must be in writing and registered in Maharashtra, and what it should record.
- [GST Registration Cancelled or a Show Cause Notice Received: What Happens Next](https://advtamanna.in/gst-show-cause-notice-registration-cancelled-revocation/): How a GST show cause notice for cancellation works, the seven-working-day reply period, and the 90-day window (extendable by up to 180 days) to apply for revocation.
- [GST Registration in Maharashtra: When It Is Compulsory and Step-by-Step Process](https://advtamanna.in/gst-registration-when-compulsory-how-to-apply/): When GST registration becomes compulsory in Maharashtra, the 30-day limit, documents required, every step of Form GST REG-01, biometric Aadhaar verification at a GST Suvidha Kendra, and common reasons for rejection.
- [DGPS Maharashtra Gazette: What It Means and How a Name Change Is Published](https://advtamanna.in/dgps-maharashtra-e-gazette-name-change-explained/): DGPS is the Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, Maharashtra. What "approved by DGPS" means, State vs central Gazette, the e-Gazette name change process step by step, and what publication does not change.
- [NGO Bank Accounts and NGO DARPAN: The 2023 PMLA Rules](https://advtamanna.in/ngo-bank-account-darpan-pmla-rules/): The Prevention of Money-Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules were amended in 2023 to deal with clients that are non-profit organisations.
- [NGO DARPAN vs 12AB, 80G, FCRA and CSR-1: What Each Registration Does](https://advtamanna.in/ngo-darpan-vs-12ab-80g-fcra-csr1/): NGO DARPAN is a portal run by NITI Aayog that gives a voluntary organisation a unique ID.
- [De-registration of a Defunct Public Trust in Maharashtra (Section 22(3A))](https://advtamanna.in/deregistration-of-defunct-public-trust-section-22-3a/): The Maharashtra Public Trusts (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 inserted Sections 22(3A) and 22(3B), which allow a trust that no longer functions to be removed from the register.
- [Schedule III-A: Reporting a Change in Trust Immovable Property](https://advtamanna.in/schedule-iii-a-immovable-property-change-report/): When a change concerns immovable property of a public trust, Section 22(1A) and Rule 13(1A) require a memorandum in Schedule III-A in addition to the Schedule III change report.
- [Late Change Report: Condonation of Delay for Public Trusts in Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/late-change-report-condonation-of-delay-maharashtra-trust/): How to file a change report after the 90-day limit under Section 22: the 2017 proviso, costs payable by the trustee, what counts as sufficient cause, step-by-step filing and bringing several old changes up to date.
- [Documents Required for a Change Report Before the Charity Commissioner: Full Checklist](https://advtamanna.in/documents-required-for-change-report-charity-commissioner/): The complete list of papers for a Section 22 change report in Maharashtra: the Rule 13(2A) documents, a checklist for each type of change, and what the 2025 tenure-trustee rules mean for new appointments.
- [Cheque Bounced? The Clock Starts Immediately](https://advtamanna.in/cheque-bounce-30-day-notice-deadline/): Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act runs on three strict periods — 30 days to send the notice, 15 for the drawer to pay, one month to file. Miss the first and the remedy is usually gone.
- [The Income-tax Act 2025 and Your Trust’s 12A and 80G](https://advtamanna.in/income-tax-act-2025-trusts-12a-80g/): The new Act came into force on 1 April 2026 and charitable bodies are now registered non-profit organisations. Existing registrations continue — but fixed periods still expire.
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- [MHADA Flat Transfer After the Allottee's Death: Legal Heirs, Documents and Transfer Charges](https://advtamanna.in/mhada-flat-transfer-after-death-legal-heirs-mumbai/): When a MHADA allottee dies, the flat does not pass automatically to the nominee or the eldest son. Who can apply, the documents MHADA asks for, transfer charges, the difference between society flats and MHADA tenements, and the January 2025 policy for heirs of cessed-building tenants.
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- [Loudspeakers at Places of Worship in Maharashtra: Timings, Decibel Limits and the Bombay High Court's 2025 Ruling](https://advtamanna.in/loudspeakers-places-of-worship-maharashtra-rules-noise-complaint/): Loudspeakers at places of worship of every religion are governed by the same noise rules. Written permission, use only between 6 am and 10 pm, decibel limits, the Bombay High Court's January 2025 ruling that loudspeakers are not an essential religious practice, what trusts managing places of worship should do, and how residents can complain.
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- [घरेलू हिंसा का केस कैसे दर्ज करें (मुंबई): घरेलू हिंसा अधिनियम, 2005 के तहत पूरी प्रक्रिया](https://advtamanna.in/gharelu-hinsa-case-kaise-darj-kare-mumbai-hindi/): घरेलू हिंसा केवल मारपीट नहीं है। गाली-गलौज, धमकी, पैसे रोकना और घर से निकालना भी इसमें आता है। घरेलू हिंसा अधिनियम, 2005 के तहत कौन केस कर सकता है, किसके खिलाफ, मजिस्ट्रेट क्या आदेश दे सकते हैं, और मुंबई में केस दर्ज करने के चरण।
- [महाराष्ट्र राजपत्र (गैज़ेट) में नाम बदलना: राजपत्र क्या होता है, फीस, समय और PDF डाउनलोड](https://advtamanna.in/maharashtra-rajpatra-naam-badalna-hindi/): राजपत्र सरकार का आधिकारिक प्रकाशन है। महाराष्ट्र में नाम, जन्मतिथि या धर्म परिवर्तन की सूचना महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र में DGPS के ऑनलाइन पोर्टल से प्रकाशित होती है। फीस, समय, दस्तावेज़, 'Approved by DGPS' का मतलब और गैज़ेट PDF डाउनलोड करने का तरीका।
- [Changing Religion in Maharashtra After the Freedom of Religion Act, 2026: 60-Day Notice, Declaration and the Gazette](https://advtamanna.in/religion-change-maharashtra-freedom-of-religion-act-2026-gazette/): From 28 August 2026, anyone in Maharashtra who intends to change religion must give 60 days' prior notice to the District Magistrate and file a declaration within 21 days after conversion. What the Act prohibits, the procedure, penalties, its effect on marriages, the challenge pending in the Supreme Court, and where the gazette notification fits in.
- [Changing Your Date of Birth in Maharashtra: Gazette Notification, Birth Records and What Actually Works](https://advtamanna.in/date-of-birth-change-maharashtra-gazette-birth-certificate/): Many people apply for a gazette notification hoping to change their date of birth everywhere, and are disappointed. What the Maharashtra Gazette's date-of-birth service does, why the birth register and school records usually decide your date of birth, and the routes that actually work to correct it.
- [Changing a Minor Child's Name in the Maharashtra Gazette: Who Applies, Documents and After-Steps](https://advtamanna.in/minor-child-name-change-maharashtra-gazette/): A child's name can be changed in the Maharashtra Government Gazette by a parent or guardian. Who can apply, the age proof DGPS accepts, situations such as divorce, remarriage and adoption, consent of the other parent, and how to update the birth certificate, school records, Aadhaar and passport afterwards.
- [Dahi Handi Rules in Maharashtra: Minimum Age, Safety, Insurance and Organisers' Liability](https://advtamanna.in/dahi-handi-rules-maharashtra-govinda-age-safety-liability/): Dahi Handi has been through a long legal journey, from an 18-year age bar and 20-foot height cap in 2014 to today's rules. Children under 14 cannot take part, there is no court-fixed height limit, and Maharashtra treats it as an adventure sport. Safety, insurance, organisers' liability, and the permissions needed.
- [Navratri Garba and Dandiya Events in Mumbai: Permissions, Loudspeaker Timings and Safety Rules](https://advtamanna.in/navratri-garba-dandiya-event-permissions-mumbai-loudspeaker/): Navratri garba and dandiya events in Mumbai need permissions that depend on where and how they are held. Police and BMC permissions, the limited nights on which loudspeakers can run till midnight, noise limits and silence zones, ticketed events and music licences, society garba, and residents' rights.
- [Ganeshotsav Pandal Permission in Mumbai: BMC Single Window, Police NOC, Loudspeakers and the Rules](https://advtamanna.in/ganeshotsav-pandal-permission-mumbai-bmc-single-window/): Every public Ganesh mandal in Mumbai needs BMC permission for its pandal, with police and traffic NOCs, now obtained through an online single-window system. The timeline, fee, one-year and five-year permissions, the no-digging rule and pothole fines, volunteer training, loudspeaker relaxation days, and the separate Charity Commissioner permission for collecting donations.
- [New Year and Christmas Parties in Mumbai: Liquor Permits, Event Licences, Music and Noise Rules](https://advtamanna.in/new-year-christmas-party-permissions-mumbai-liquor-licence/): Maharashtra is a liquor-permit State, so even private parties have legal requirements. Personal permits, the one-day function licence for events that serve alcohol, police permission and music licences for larger events, loudspeaker limits on 31 December, housing society terrace parties, and drink-driving penalties.

## Pages

- [Application and Letter Drafting](https://advtamanna.in/services/application-drafting-mumbai/): Many everyday problems are solved by one well-written application to the right office: a complaint to the police, a letter to the BMC ward office, a request to a housing society, or an RTI application.
- [FDA Drug Licence Suspension Appeal](https://advtamanna.in/services/fda-drug-licence-suspension-appeal-mumbai/): When the Food and Drug Administration suspends or cancels a chemist's drug licence, the licensee has three months from the date of the order to appeal to the State Government under Rule 66(2) of the Drugs Rules, 1945.
- [Which Charity Commissioner Office Is Mine? Office Finder for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad](https://advtamanna.in/tools/charity-commissioner-office-finder/): Type your town or pick your district to find your Charity Commissioner office: Worli, Thane, Palghar or Alibag.
- [Family Law and Succession in Maharashtra: Complete Guide](https://advtamanna.in/family-succession-guide-maharashtra/): This page gathers the guides on wills, succession and inheritance, marriage and family matters, and rights of senior citizens and daughters, in a sensible reading order.
- [Property, Flats and Housing Societies in Mumbai: Complete Guide](https://advtamanna.in/property-housing-society-guide-mumbai/): This page gathers the guides on buying, selling, gifting and renting property in Mumbai, MHADA and SRA flat transfers, housing society rules and disputes, and building notices, in a sensible reading order.
- [Muslim Inheritance Share Calculator (Sunni Hanafi)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/muslim-inheritance-calculator/): Under Muslim personal law, the shares of each heir are fixed by the Quran and the rules of Sunni (Hanafi) law, which most Muslims in Mumbai follow.
- [Advocate for Mira Road (Thane district): Trusts, Waqfs and Documents](https://advtamanna.in/areas/mira-road/): Where Mira Road trust, waqf, document and family matters go: the Thane Charity Commissioner office, the Waqf Board, local courts and police.
- [Advocate for Kalyan (Thane district): Trusts, Waqfs and Documents](https://advtamanna.in/areas/kalyan/): Where Kalyan trust, waqf, document and family matters go: the Thane Charity Commissioner office, the Waqf Board, local courts and police.
- [Advocate for Bhiwandi (Thane district): Trusts, Waqfs and Documents](https://advtamanna.in/areas/bhiwandi/): Where Bhiwandi trust, waqf, document and family matters go: the Thane Charity Commissioner office, the Waqf Board, local courts and police.
- [Advocate for Mumbra (Thane district): Trusts, Waqfs and Documents](https://advtamanna.in/areas/mumbra/): Where Mumbra trust, waqf, document and family matters go: the Thane Charity Commissioner office, the Waqf Board, local courts and police.
- [Mumbai Legal Updates: What Changed This Month](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/legal-updates/): Monthly, dated notes on legal and procedural changes affecting Mumbai and Thane.
- [Maintenance Affidavit Helper (Rajnesh v. Neha Format)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/maintenance-affidavit-helper/): Free helper to draft the affidavit of disclosure of assets and liabilities required in every maintenance case under Rajnesh v. Neha.
- [Divorce for Women in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/divorce-for-women-mumbai/): Adv. Tamanna Saeed Shaikh is a woman advocate practising in Mumbai, with chambers in Malwani, Malad (West).
- [Charity Commissioner Matters in Thane](https://advtamanna.in/services/charity-commissioner-thane/): Adv. Tamanna Saeed Shaikh handles public trust matters before the Charity Commissioner’s offices in Mumbai and Thane.
- [Legal Terms Explained: A Glossary for Mumbai and Maharashtra](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/glossary/): Plain-language meanings of legal and official terms that come up in Mumbai and Maharashtra: trusts, property, family matters, police and the gazette.
- [Society Dues Checker: 12% Interest Cap and Non-Occupancy Charges (Maharashtra 2026)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/society-dues-checker/): Since June 2026, the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2026 limit what a housing society can charge.
- [Flat Purchase Cost Calculator (Mumbai): Stamp Duty, Registration, GST](https://advtamanna.in/tools/flat-purchase-cost-calculator/): Buying a flat in Mumbai costs more than its price.
- [Gift Deed Stamp Duty Calculator (Maharashtra)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/gift-deed-stamp-duty-calculator/): A gift deed transfers property without payment. In Maharashtra, the stamp duty on a gift depends on who receives it and what kind of property it is.
- [Festival Permissions Calendar 2026–27 (Mumbai)](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/festival-permissions-calendar/): Most festival permissions in Mumbai, from the BMC, the police and other authorities, take time, and some need other approvals first.
- [Festival Permissions in Mumbai: All Guides](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/festival-permissions/): Permissions, rules and practical steps for festivals and public celebrations in Mumbai: pandals, processions, loudspeakers, firecrackers, qurbani and more.
- [Women's Legal Rights in Mumbai: All Guides](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/womens-rights/): Plain-language guides for women in Mumbai and Maharashtra on violence at home, dowry, maintenance, divorce, custody, stridhan, online harassment and records.
- [Gazette Name Change in Maharashtra: All Guides](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/gazette-name-change/): Guides on changing your name, date of birth or religion in official records through the Maharashtra Government Gazette (and, where needed, the Gazette of India).
- [Charity Commissioner and Public Trusts: All Guides](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/charity-commissioner/): Everything on this site about public trusts in Maharashtra and the Charity Commissioner: registering a trust, trustees and change reports, trust property, accounts and audit, and tax and NGO registrations.
- [Free Legal Formats and Checklists (PDF)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/free-legal-formats-checklists-pdf/): Free, printable formats and checklists for common matters in Mumbai and Maharashtra.
- [Limitation Period Calculator (India)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/limitation-period-calculator/): Most legal claims must be filed within a fixed time, called the limitation period. Miss it, and a good case can be thrown out.
- [MahaRERA Delay Interest Calculator](https://advtamanna.in/tools/maharera-delay-interest-calculator/): If a builder fails to give possession by the date in your agreement, Section 18 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 lets you either withdraw and get a refund with interest, or stay in the project and get interest for every month of delay until possession.
- [Leave and Licence Stamp Duty Calculator (Maharashtra)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/leave-and-licence-stamp-duty-calculator/): Leave and licence agreements for residential premises in Maharashtra must be registered, and stamp duty is payable under Article 36A of the Maharashtra Stamp Act, 1958.
- [Festival and Event Permissions in Mumbai: Legal Guides](https://advtamanna.in/services/festival-event-permissions-mumbai/): Festivals, weddings and community events in Mumbai are governed by a mix of police, municipal, noise and licensing rules.
- [Consumer Complaint Finder: Which Commission and Last Date](https://advtamanna.in/tools/consumer-complaint-commission-finder/): Under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, which consumer commission hears your complaint depends on how much you paid, and you have two years to file.
- [Cheque Bounce Deadline Calculator (Section 138)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/cheque-bounce-deadline-calculator/): A cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 depends on strict deadlines. Miss one and the case can fail.
- [Trust & NGO Desk: Charity Commissioner, DARPAN, 12A/80G, CSR and FCRA](https://advtamanna.in/services/trust-ngo-desk-mumbai/): A large part of the practice at these chambers is work for public trusts, societies and NGOs: schools, madrasas, mosques, temples, dargahs, hospitals, community and welfare organisations across Mumbai.
- [Document Checklist Builder](https://advtamanna.in/tools/document-checklist/): Pick your situation to get a tick-box list of the documents usually needed.
- [Legal Options for Women: What Do You Need Right Now?](https://advtamanna.in/tools/legal-options-for-women/): Many women do not know what the law allows them to ask for.
- [Trust Health Check for Maharashtra Public Trusts](https://advtamanna.in/tools/trust-health-check/): A one-minute check for trustees.
- [Change Report Deadline Calculator (Section 22)](https://advtamanna.in/tools/change-report-deadline-calculator/): Under Section 22 of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, a change in a public trust's trustees, address, property or deed must be reported to the Charity Commissioner's office, ordinarily within 90 days.
- [Free Legal Tools](https://advtamanna.in/tools/): Practical tools for trustees, families and small businesses in Mumbai.
- [Marriage Registration in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/marriage-registration-mumbai/): A marriage certificate is the document banks, passport offices, visa officers, insurers and courts ask for as proof of marriage.
- [Trust Compliance Calendar: Charity Commissioner and Income Tax](https://advtamanna.in/services/trust-compliance-calendar-mumbai/): A registered public trust in Maharashtra runs two compliance cycles at once, under two different authorities, on two different calendars.
- [NGO and Section 8 Company Compliance in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/ngo-section-8-compliance-mumbai/): A non-profit in Mumbai may be a public trust, a registered society, or a company licensed under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.
- [Shop and Establishment (Gumasta) and Udyam Registration](https://advtamanna.in/services/shop-establishment-gumasta-udyam-mumbai/): Anyone starting a small business in Mumbai runs into the same short list of registrations in the first few weeks.
- [Agreements, Affidavits and Powers of Attorney](https://advtamanna.in/services/agreement-affidavit-power-of-attorney-drafting-mumbai/): A great deal of everyday legal trouble is created by documents that were downloaded, filled in and signed without anyone reading them properly.
- [12A, 80G and CSR-1 Registration for Trusts in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/12a-80g-csr1-registration-mumbai/): Registration with the Charity Commissioner establishes that an organisation is a public trust or a registered society. It does nothing about income tax.
- [Advocate for Chembur, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/chembur/): Chembur is on the Harbour line in the eastern suburbs, with a mix that is unusual for Mumbai: large planned residential colonies, an older industrial belt towards Trombay and Mankhurd, and a long-established set of educational and welfare institutions.
- [Advocate for Ghatkopar, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/ghatkopar/): Ghatkopar sits on the Central line with the metro running overhead along the Jogeshwari–Vikhroli Link Road, and it has one of the highest densities of community trusts, educational societies and religious institutions in the eastern suburbs.
- [Advocate for Kurla, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/kurla/): Kurla is on the other side of the city from Malad, and it is worth being straightforward about what that does and does not mean.
- [Advocate in Vile Parle, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/vile-parle/): Vile Parle has a longer institutional history than most of the western suburbs.
- [Advocate in Jogeshwari, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/jogeshwari/): Jogeshwari lies between Andheri and Goregaon, and it is one of the denser parts of the western suburbs.
- [Advocate in Andheri, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/andheri/): Andheri is the commercial centre of the western suburbs, and the mix of enquiries from it is different in character from those from Malad or Kandivali.
- [Advocate in Borivali, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/borivali/): Borivali matters more to this practice than its distance from Malad would suggest, because the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court at Borivali is where a large share of the criminal work from the far western suburbs is heard.
- [Advocate in Kandivali, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/kandivali/): Kandivali sits one station north of Malad, and for practical purposes it shares the same legal geography: matters are heard at Borivali or Dindoshi, and trust work goes to Worli.
- [Advocate in Goregaon, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/goregaon/): Goregaon is the suburb immediately south of Malad, and it is also where a good deal of the litigation from the western suburbs is actually heard: the City Civil and Sessions Court at Dindoshi sits in Goregaon East.
- [Maharashtra Government Gazette Name Change in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/maharashtra-gazette-name-change-mumbai/): Looking for something specific?
- [Responding to a GST Notice in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/gst-notice-lawyer-mumbai/): A notice from the GST department — whether over a mismatch in returns, a query on input tax credit, or a proposal to cancel a registration — generally has to be answered within a fixed period, and what it says determines what response is appropriate.
- [GST Registration Cancellation in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/gst-cancellation-mumbai/): A GST registration may be cancelled voluntarily — where a business has closed, been sold, or has turnover below the threshold requiring registration — or it may be cancelled by the department itself, generally where returns have not been filed for a continuous period.
- [GST Registration Amendment in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/gst-amendment-mumbai/): A change in a registered business's address, name, partners, directors, or authorised signatory generally has to be reflected in its GST registration through an amendment application, rather than a fresh registration.
- [GST Registration for Proprietorships in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/gst-registration-proprietorship-mumbai/): A sole proprietorship registering for GST in Mumbai generally applies in the proprietor's own name, using the proprietor's PAN, since a proprietorship has no separate legal identity from its owner.
- [Trustee Disputes Before the Charity Commissioner](https://advtamanna.in/services/trustee-dispute-lawyer-mumbai/): Disputes within a board of trustees — over the management of a trust, allegations of misapplication of funds, or a failure to account — are generally brought before the Charity Commissioner as an enquiry under Section 41D of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950, which can result in a trustee being suspended, removed or dismissed on the grounds set out in that section.
- [Public Trust Accounts, Audit and Compliance in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/public-trust-compliance-mumbai/): Every registered public trust in Maharashtra must keep regular accounts, have them audited, and file the audited accounts in the forms prescribed under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950.
- [Society Registration in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/society-registration-mumbai/): In Maharashtra, a charitable body is commonly registered twice over: as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, and separately as a public trust under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950.
- [Charity Commissioner, Worli — What the Office Handles](https://advtamanna.in/services/charity-commissioner-worli-mumbai/): The Office of the Charity Commissioner, Maharashtra is at Dharmaday Ayukt Bhavan, Sasmira Marg, Worli, Mumbai.
- [Advocate in Malad, Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/areas/malad/): The chambers are in Malad West, in Malwani MHADA, and most of the work that comes through them starts within a few kilometres of the door.
- [GST Registration Assistance in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/gst-registration-mumbai/): GST registration in Mumbai: who must register, documents, Maharashtra’s biometric Aadhaar step, timelines, and why applications are rejected.
- [NGO DARPAN Registration Assistance in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/ngo-darpan-registration-mumbai/): NGO Darpan (NITI Aayog) Unique ID for Mumbai trusts and societies — documents, process, and the record mismatches that delay approval.
- [Section 36 Sanction to Deal with Trust Property](https://advtamanna.in/services/section-36-charity-commissioner-mumbai/): Immovable property belonging to a public trust generally cannot be sold, exchanged, gifted or leased beyond the periods specified without the prior sanction of the Charity Commissioner under Section 36 of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950.
- [Change Reports Before the Charity Commissioner (Section 22)](https://advtamanna.in/services/change-report-charity-commissioner-mumbai/): A change report is how the Public Trust Register is kept true.
- [Public Trust Registration in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/trust-registration-lawyer-mumbai/): Planning to register a trust?
- [Charity Commissioner Proceedings in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/charity-commissioner-lawyer-mumbai/): The Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 governs every public charitable and religious trust in the state, and in Greater Mumbai the file for each of them sits with the office of the Charity Commissioner at Worli.
- [Police Complaint Drafting and Representation in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/police-complaint-drafting-mumbai/): A written complaint to the police, and representation before them during investigation, is often the first formal step in a criminal matter — whether the complaint is being lodged, or a complaint has already been lodged against a client.
- [Legal Notice Drafting in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/legal-notice-lawyer-mumbai/): A legal notice is a formal written demand, sent before proceedings, setting out the facts, the obligation relied on, what is required, and by when.
- [Property Encroachment and Illegal Possession in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/property-encroachment-lawyer-mumbai/): Encroachment or illegal possession — whether of a flat, a shop, a plot or a portion of shared premises — is one of the more common property disputes in Mumbai, and the correct response depends heavily on the facts and on what documents exist.
- [Property Matters in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/property-lawyer-mumbai/): Civil disputes in Mumbai are, more often than not, disputes about premises — who owns them, who may remain in them, and on what terms.
- [Anticipatory Bail in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/anticipatory-bail-mumbai/): Anticipatory bail is an order, made before arrest, directing that if the person named is arrested on the accusation in question they shall be released on bail.
- [Bail Applications in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/bail-lawyer-mumbai/): Following the change to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 with effect from 1 July 2024, matters registered before that date continue under the earlier codes, so bail applications now run on one framework or the other depending on when the matter was registered.
- [Domestic Violence Applications in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/domestic-violence-lawyer-mumbai/): The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is a civil law.
- [Legal Assistance for Women in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/womens-lawyer-mumbai/): A significant part of this practice consists of matters brought by women, and a good deal of it begins with the same sentence: she does not know what she is entitled to.
- [Divorce Proceedings in Mumbai](https://advtamanna.in/services/divorce-lawyer-mumbai/): Divorce in India is governed by the personal law that applies to the marriage, not by one general statute.
- [Areas Served](https://advtamanna.in/areas/): Localities from which enquiries are commonly received.
- [Services](https://advtamanna.in/services/): An index of specific proceedings and documentation matters undertaken at these chambers.
- [Disclaimer](https://advtamanna.in/disclaimer/): The Bar Council of India does not permit advertisement or solicitation by advocates in any form or manner.
- [Legal Information](https://advtamanna.in/legal-information/): Notes on procedure, written in plain language.
- [Matters Concerning Women and Family](https://advtamanna.in/practice-areas/women-family-matters/): A large part of the work at these chambers is brought by women, and it is attended to by Adv. Tamanna Shaikh personally.
- [Civil and Property Matters](https://advtamanna.in/practice-areas/civil-property-matters/): Civil disputes in Mumbai are, more often than not, disputes about premises — who owns them, who may remain in them, and on what terms.
- [Criminal Matters](https://advtamanna.in/practice-areas/criminal-matters/): Criminal proceedings in India are now governed by the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, which replaced the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act with effect from 1 July 2024.
- [Charity Commission and Public Trust Matters](https://advtamanna.in/practice-areas/charity-commission-public-trusts/): Public trusts in Maharashtra — including temples, mosques, madrasas, churches, schools, hospitals, orphanages and charitable societies — are governed by the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 and are administered through the Office of the Charity Commissioner.
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