If someone occupies your Indian property without right, you can recover it through a civil suit for possession and mesne profits, adding a police complaint where there is trespass or forgery. From Singapore, you authorise an attorney holder by a power of attorney signed before a notary public and apostilled by the Singapore Academy of Law. If you were dispossessed within six months, a summary suit under section 6 of the Specific Relief Act is available.
- Document route
- Singapore notary public, then apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law
- Time difference
- Singapore is 2h30 ahead of IST all year
- Quick remedy
- Section 6, Specific Relief Act
- Section 6 time limit
- 6 months from dispossession
Encroachment & Illegal Possession from Singapore: how it works
Our team gathers proof of your ownership and possession, including the deed, tax receipts, utility bills, photographs and any caretaker arrangement, and visits the property to confirm who is there and since when. A legal notice follows and, for fresh trespass, a police complaint under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Encroachment on vacant plots in expanding cities is common, and early action prevents construction that is harder to undo.
In the civil court, we sue for possession and seek an interim injunction so the occupier cannot alter the property or transfer it. If a forged document is produced, we seek forensic examination and file a complaint for forgery. Your evidence is filed by affidavit, with video testimony from Singapore where the court allows. After the decree, execution restores possession, and we can arrange a caretaker licence and periodic inspections afterwards.
What clients in Singapore should know
- Keep property tax and utilities in your own name and pay them from your NRO account; it creates continuing proof of possession.
- A caretaker or relative who entered with your permission is a licensee and cannot claim ownership by long stay.
- If you hold a Singapore money judgment against the occupier, it may be executable in India under section 44A.
Step by step from Singapore
Video consultation
A call at a time that suits Singapore, after we have read your documents.
Documents signed in Singapore
Singapore notary public, then apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law
Work in India
Our team files, appears and follows up in India, and shares scans of everything filed.
Result and handover
Certified copies and originals are couriered to you in Singapore where needed.
The full guide
This page covers what changes when you are in Singapore. For the law, the documents and the step-by-step procedure, read our main page on Encroachment & Illegal Possession, or see all services for clients in Singapore and the NRI Property Law practice area.
Questions from clients in Singapore
How soon can an injunction be obtained?
In urgent cases, at the first hearing after filing.
Can I claim rent for the occupation period?
Yes, as mesne profits in the possession suit.
Will the police evict the occupier?
Police act on their own only where the trespass is recent and obvious; once the occupier claims any right, removal comes through the civil court's decree.