Legal services in India from our Navi Mumbai office
VIVS Legal offers legal services in India from one office in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai, where we have practised since 2010. Our main work is family law, property, banking and debt recovery, and matters for NRIs. Clients outside Mumbai and Navi Mumbai consult us by phone, WhatsApp or video call and send documents by email.
Below you will find each area of our work and the page that explains it, the law and forum behind each kind of matter, our published drafting fees, and how free legal aid works if you qualify for it.
Last updated 8 August 2026 · VIVS Legal, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
- Practice areas
- Family, property, NRI, banking and debt recovery, consumer, accident claims, wills and trusts, corporate
- Office
- One office: Sanpada, Navi Mumbai
- Hearings we attend
- Courts and tribunals in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai; elsewhere explained at the first consultation
- Online
- Phone, WhatsApp and video consultations; documents by email
- Fees
- Published fixed fees for drafting; court work quoted in writing
- Free legal aid
- Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, through the District Legal Services Authority
On this page
Legal services we offer
Divorce and family law
Mutual consent and contested divorce, maintenance, custody and domestic violence cases. The divorce lawyer India page sets out the personal laws, the Section 13B timetable and what each stage needs. Below it sit city pages: Mumbai, for the family courts at Bandra and CBD Belapur, and Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai, each naming the court that hears divorces there and how we work with clients in that city online.
Property legal services
Title checks before you pay, agreements for sale, sale deeds, registration, RERA complaints, tenancy, partition and illegal possession. The property lawyer India page covers the work; the city pages for Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Chennai explain each state's land records, stamp duty and RERA authority. In Maharashtra we search the sub-registrar's records, read 7/12 extracts and property cards, and file before MahaRERA ourselves.
NRI legal services
The same family and property work for Indians living abroad, run through video calls and a Power of Attorney signed in their country. Our NRI legal services page explains what a Power of Attorney can and cannot do and links to the country pages for divorce and real estate.
SARFAESI and debt recovery legal services
For lenders: recovery under the SARFAESI Act and before the Debt Recovery Tribunal, and asset verification to find what a defaulter actually owns. For borrowers: replies to demand notices and DRT applications against possession or auction. A SARFAESI lawyer is most useful early, because the borrower's application has a 45-day limit. See debt resolution and litigation.
Consumer, insurance and accident claims
Complaints before the consumer commissions, rejected insurance claims, and motor accident claims for injured people and for insurers defending them. Start with consumer litigation.
Wills, probate and trusts
Wills, codicils, probate and letters of administration, and trust deeds for charitable and family trusts. See will drafting and probate.
Corporate legal services
Employment law advice, internal investigations, AML and fraud risk work, and the agreements a business runs on: NDAs, vendor, agency, franchise, partnership and LLP agreements, and director appointments and removals. See corporate investigations and AML advisory.
Fixed-fee drafting
Where the work is predictable we publish the price: will drafting from Rs 10,000, a legal notice from Rs 5,000, a Power of Attorney from Rs 7,000 and a sale deed from Rs 18,000. Stamp duty and registration fees go to the government on top. The full list is on our other legal services page, and every area above is set out by forum on the practice areas page.
How we approach a matter
Most legal problems that reach us late have the same history: a notice was ignored, a limitation period ran, or a document was signed before anyone read it properly. So the first job is to find the deadline and the document that decide the case.
- Your first message. Call, WhatsApp or email a short note of the problem with copies of any notice, order or agreement.
- Deadline check. We look first for anything with a time limit: the 15-day payment period in a cheque bounce notice, the 45-day DRT limit, an appeal period.
- Consultation. At our Sanpada office or by video, we go through the papers and tell you what else we need.
- Written advice and fee. You get the options, the forum, the likely sequence of steps and our fee in writing.
- The work. We draft, file and attend courts and tribunals in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, and report to you after each date.
What decides the cost
Drafting has a fixed published fee. Court work does not, because the bill depends on the forum, the number of hearings, whether the other side contests every step and whether evidence has to be led. We quote litigation in writing once we have read the papers, and we tell you separately what goes to the government as court fee or stamp duty.
Where we work: Sanpada office and online legal consultation
Our only office is Office 219, Haware Intelligentia Park, Plot No. 33, Sector-24, Sanpada-Turbhe Road, Navi Mumbai 400783, open Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 6 PM. If you live in Mumbai, Thane or Navi Mumbai, you can meet us there by appointment.
Everyone else works with us online. A video consultation, scanned papers by email and drafts sent back for comment cover most advice and drafting. Many filings can now be made electronically, including most RERA and consumer complaints. Clients abroad sign a Power of Attorney so that a relative in India can sign and attend for them.
The city pages above describe courts and land records in other cities; they do not mean we have offices there. If your case has to be heard outside Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, we explain at the first consultation how appearances will be handled and what that costs, before you engage us.
Who handles your matter
Our advocates are Adv. Swanand Pandit (BLS, LL.B, LL.M, PGDBM, JAIIB), Advocate, High Court of Bombay, and Adv. Ashok Ingle (B.A. LL.B). Since 2010 the practice has served 500+ clients. Their profiles are on the about us page.
Which court or authority decides your matter?
The forum decides the procedure, the time limits and often the cost, so it is the first thing to settle. For matters arising in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, these are the usual ones.
| Matter | Main law | Where it is decided |
|---|---|---|
| Divorce, custody, maintenance | Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Special Marriage Act, 1954; Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (earlier Section 125 CrPC) | Family Court, Bandra for Greater Mumbai; Family Court, CBD Belapur for Navi Mumbai |
| Title, possession, partition | Transfer of Property Act, 1882; Specific Relief Act, 1963 | Bombay City Civil Court, or the civil court for the district |
| Tenant or licensee who will not leave, in Mumbai | Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 | Court of Small Causes, Mumbai for tenants; the Competent Authority for licensees under Section 24 |
| Delayed flat, builder default | Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 | MahaRERA, then its Appellate Tribunal |
| Bank possession or auction | SARFAESI Act, 2002, Section 17 | Debts Recovery Tribunal, within 45 days of the bank's measure |
| Cheque bounce | Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138 | Judicial Magistrate, after a demand notice within 30 days of the bank's return memo |
| Defective service, rejected insurance claim | Consumer Protection Act, 2019 | District, State or National Consumer Commission, by value |
| Road accident compensation | Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, Section 166 | Motor Accident Claims Tribunal |
| Proving a will | Indian Succession Act, 1925 | Bombay High Court for Mumbai; the district court elsewhere |
Two procedural points catch people out. A commercial suit cannot be filed until mediation has been tried under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015, unless urgent interim relief is needed. And a written agreement that was never stamped cannot be admitted in evidence until the stamp duty and penalty are paid.
What are legal services in India, and who gets free legal aid?
The phrase legal services in India means two different things. One is free legal aid, a right under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, delivered through the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the state, district and taluka legal services authorities. The other is private practice: advice, drafting and court work by advocates whom the client pays.
Who is eligible for free legal services in India
Section 12 of the Act lists who qualifies: women and children; members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; victims of trafficking or begar; persons with disabilities; victims of mass disaster, ethnic violence, caste atrocity, flood, drought, earthquake or industrial disaster; industrial workmen; people in custody; and anyone whose annual income is below the limit set by the state government or, for Supreme Court cases, by the Central Government.
How to get it
- Apply to the District Legal Services Authority at your district court, or the taluka committee nearer home
- Call the NALSA helpline on 15100, or see the National Legal Services Authority website
- For a pending case, ask for it to go to a Lok Adalat: a settlement there becomes an award with the force of a decree, no appeal lies from it, and court fee already paid is refunded
- For advice before a case is filed, the Tele-Law scheme links people to panel lawyers by video or phone from Common Service Centres
Legal aid serves many cases well. If you do not qualify, want to choose your own advocate, or the matter is a commercial one, you will need a private practice such as ours.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No. Our one office is at Haware Intelligentia Park, Sanpada, Navi Mumbai. The city pages on this site explain how divorce and property cases run in Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and elsewhere and how we help clients there online, but we have no office, branch or staff in any of those cities.
Advice, drafting and document work, usually yes, because none of it needs us to be in that city. We attend courts in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai ourselves. If your case must be heard elsewhere, we tell you at the first consultation how appearances will be managed and what that adds to the cost, so you can decide before engaging us.
Yes. Book an online legal consultation by phone, WhatsApp or video call, Monday to Saturday between 9 AM and 6 PM. Email the documents beforehand so the advocate has read them. Advice that matters, such as a title opinion or a reply to a notice, follows in writing, and drafts come to you by email for comment before anything is signed.
Call +91 8291849797 or +91 9167710454, or write to info@vivs.in. Send a few lines on what happened, when, and what you want, with copies of any notice, order or agreement. If a notice has a reply deadline, say so in the first line. We then fix a consultation at the office or by video.
Indian law is usually grouped into constitutional, criminal, civil (contracts, property and torts), family or personal law, commercial and corporate law, labour law and tax law. Each has its own statutes and forums. Our work sits in civil, family, property and banking law, and in criminal law where it grows out of those, such as cheque bounce or matrimonial complaints.
Yes. A service agreement is a contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and binds both sides if it has free consent, a lawful object and consideration. It must carry the stamp duty fixed by the state's stamp law; an unstamped agreement cannot be relied on in court until duty and penalty are paid. We draft service level agreements for businesses.
Yes. NRI clients sign a Power of Attorney in the country where they live, before a notary with an apostille or at the Indian mission, and send the original to India. We then work with the person they have appointed. The NRI legal services page explains the steps and what a Power of Attorney holder cannot do for you.
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