Why litigation is a silent deal-killer
Indian courts are full of property disputes — inheritance fights, boundary disputes, ownership challenges, builder cases. If you buy a property that is the subject of pending litigation, you can inherit that dispute, and the doctrine of lis pendens means the outcome of the case can bind you even though you bought in good faith.
Where to search
- eCourts services portal: the national system for searching district and subordinate court cases.
- High Court case portals: each High Court publishes its own cause lists and case status.
- Search by party name: run the seller's name to surface cases they are involved in.
- Search by property details where possible: some disputes are searchable by location or survey number.
How to search effectively
- Search the seller's full name and known variants.
- Search the names of previous owners in the title chain.
- Look for civil suits, partition suits, and injunction applications.
- Note any case that names the property, the survey number, or the address.
Lis pendens in one sentence
If a property is under litigation when you buy it, you take it subject to the result of that case — even if you knew nothing about it. That is why a litigation search is not optional.
The limits of a DIY search
eCourts is powerful but fragmented — cases span multiple courts, name spellings vary, and a determined fraudster can obscure their trail. A thorough search cross-references names across the title chain and multiple court levels.
How propxpraman checks litigation
Our fraud engine runs name-based litigation searches across court records for the seller and prior owners, and flags any case that could affect the property — folded into the same report as your title, fraud, and land-hazard checks.