793 practical guides written for Kolkata and West Bengal — bail and criminal defence, property partition and mutation, divorce and maintenance, cheque bounce, consumer complaints and Calcutta High Court procedure. No jargon, no filler.
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The documents a child custody case needs in India: birth and school records, income proof, address papers and the affidavit, and where to file in West Bengal.
The FIR and charge sheet, medical records, disability certificate and proof of age, income and dependents are what a road accident claim needs in West Bengal.
The papers to keep ready for passport police verification in West Bengal, address proof for tenants, what the officer checks and what to do if it stalls.
The documents needed for a police clearance certificate in India, what the police ask for during verification, processing time and common rejections.
The documents a private limited company needs to register a trademark in India, from authorisation and incorporation proof to logo files and proof of use.
Whether a power of attorney must be registered in India: when the Registration Act 1908 makes it compulsory, when it is optional, and what offices ask for.
How to get or download a birth certificate from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the documents needed, the 21-day rule and what to do for late registration.
How to obtain or download a death certificate from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, who must report the death, documents needed and late registration steps.
Yes, you can file a consumer complaint online through the e-Daakhil portal. See which commission to choose, the documents to upload and the two-year deadline.
How to find a land record in West Bengal by name using Banglarbhumi, the registration search and the khatian or plot number when the name alone is not enough.
How to find old land records in West Bengal: the CS, RS and LR settlement records, the block and district record rooms and old registered deeds, step by step.
Gift deed stamp duty in West Bengal is 0.5% of value for family, capped at ₹1,000, and 5-7% otherwise, plus about 1% registration. Process and documents.
How long a mutual consent divorce takes in India: the six-month cooling-off period, when a court waives it, and realistic timelines in West Bengal.
How long probate of a will takes in India and West Bengal, the stages that fill the timeline, and what makes a probate petition fast or slow.
How long power of attorney registration takes in West Bengal: e-Nathikaran slots, stamping, and what delays a power of attorney signed abroad.
How to file a domestic violence complaint in India: the DV Act 2005 route, an FIR for cruelty, and the protection orders a magistrate can pass.
How to correct a West Bengal Record of Rights: which office to apply to, the Banglarbhumi and BL&LRO route, the documents and the appeal if refused.
Wrongful termination in India needs a labour and employment lawyer, or a service lawyer for government jobs. Here is which forum fits your case.
What you can do when a cheque bounces: a Section 138 NI Act criminal complaint, interim compensation, a civil recovery suit and the deadlines for each.
What a legal heir certificate costs in West Bengal, who issues it, the documents needed, the timeline and how it differs from a succession certificate.
Who issues a legal heir certificate in India, the documents required, and how long the process really takes in West Bengal, explained stage by stage.
Is a legal heir certificate the same as a succession certificate? What each one proves, who issues it, and which one a bank or land office will accept.
West Bengal stamp duty from 1 July 2024 is about 6% urban and 5% rural, 7% above ₹1 crore, with 1% registration and a ₹1,000 cap on family gifts.
Court fee on a partition suit in West Bengal: how Section 7(viii) values your share, when a fixed fee applies, and how to avoid a deficit-fee objection.
Every guide is written and reviewed by Advocate Panchanand Shaw, an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of West Bengal practising at the Calcutta High Court and the Bankshall, Sealdah and Alipore courts in Kolkata.
Yes. All 793 guides are free and need no registration. They explain procedure, documents, timelines, court fees and the practical steps involved, in plain language.
No. They are general legal information, not legal advice on your facts. A guide helps you ask better questions and prepare documents; it cannot tell you what will happen in your own case.
Use the category tiles or the search box. Criminal and bail matters sit under Criminal Law, partition and mutation under Property Law, maintenance and custody under Family Law, and filing or limitation questions under Court Procedure.
Yes. Consultations are available at the chamber at 14 Hare Street, Kolkata 700001, and by phone on +91 90070 00603. Carry your notices, FIR copy or agreements so the first sitting is useful.
A guide tells you how the law works. It cannot tell you what will happen in your case. Speak to Advocate Panchanand Shaw at the chamber at 14 Hare Street, Kolkata 700001, opposite Bankshall Court.
Every guide on this page is written for someone who has a problem in Kolkata and needs to know what happens next. That shapes the structure. Each piece opens with the practical position, then sets out the statute and the procedure, then the documents and timelines, and finally the points at which the process usually goes wrong. Case names appear only where a judgment changes what a court will do, not to decorate the page.
The legal position is stated with the section or rule that supports it, so a reader can check the source instead of taking the sentence on trust. Where the law changed recently, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam having replaced the Indian Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Indian Evidence Act, each guide gives the new provision and notes the old one, because pending files still carry the old numbering.
The Kolkata-specific part is the part that is hardest to find elsewhere: which court sits where, which magistrate's court a police station feeds into, how maintenance matters are listed at the Family Court, what a cheque-bounce complaint needs at the Bankshall Court registry, and how the Calcutta High Court's original and appellate sides divide their work. That detail comes from practice in these forums, and it is why the guides are not generic national content.
Guides are revised when a statute, rule or court practice changes, and the date on each piece reflects the last revision. They are general legal information, not advice on your facts: a guide can tell you the limitation period for a consumer complaint, but it cannot tell you when your cause of action arose. Read the procedure section first, note the dates and documents it lists, and carry both to a consultation. That is how the guides are meant to be used. If a point remains unclear, the chamber can answer it against your papers.
Tell me what happened and I will tell you what to file, where, and by when. The first conversation is free and confidential.