Agricultural Land & Estates (India)
The set of legal issues that arise when dealing with rural land—whether you’re buying, selling, leasing or managing a farm—requires solid legal counsel and a team focused on completing your transaction. Partnering with us means not only navigating legalities, but also understanding the practical, human side of landholding in India.
Sample Engagements in Agricultural Land Matters
- Facilitated transactions worth ₹ several crores during times of high demand in rural areas
- Finalised a sale agreement within 48 hours by prioritising swift due diligence and negotiation
- Helped clients reduce stamp duty and registration costs under applicable state law reliefs
Buying or Selling Agricultural Land
Our specialist rural land team assists you at every stage of the transaction process, including:
- Advising on ancillary issues that accompany a farm sale or purchase
- Helping you evaluate and negotiate with surveyors, agronomists or statutory bodies
- Carrying out due diligence, title searches and verifications
- Structuring finance and coordinating with banks or other lenders
- Advising on stamp duty, registration charges, land transfer tax (as per state law)
- Drafting and executing sale deeds, and ensuring timely completion
- Handling post-registration formalities (mutation, land records, revenue entries)
- Addressing tenancy, easement, rights of way, overage or “clawback” clauses
Buying & Managing Property (Rural / Mixed-Use)
We also advise on broader real estate matters for rural and mixed-use properties, including:
- Conveyancing for properties that include farmhouses, residences, agricultural land
- Boundary and title disputes or encroachments
- Loans and mortgages on agricultural or allied properties
- Rights of way and access issues
- Setting up investment structures (e.g. private company, partnership, family trust)
- Capital gains implications, inheritance law, and other tax considerations
Agricultural Land Development & Conversion
Whether your holding is small or spans multiple plots, we guide you on:
- Converting land use (for instance, to non-agricultural, residential or commercial use) under local planning laws
- Mixed-use development, or combining farming with allied activities
- Obtaining government permissions, clearances or licences
- Easements, leases, licences, and land sharing arrangements
- Grants, subsidies or agricultural entitlements
Running a Farm / Owning Land
Owning or operating farmland brings its own challenges. We assist with:
- Farm partnership and joint venture agreements
- Dispute resolution (land boundary, crop revenue sharing, water rights)
- Agricultural income tax, GST, rural levies
- Commercial contracts for supply chains, offtake agreements
- Employment law (hiring labour, compliance with labour laws, seasonal workers)
- Share farming, contract farming, lease farming
- Agricultural leases, licensing for hunting or fishing rights
- Diversification (solar, agro-tourism, horticulture)
- Rights and responsibilities of landowners, liability for animals, water usage, etc.
Stamp Duty, Registration & Land Tax (State Law)
With proper advice, many clients can save significantly on stamp duty, registration charges and other levies (subject to reliefs or exemptions under state statutes). We can:
- Advise on state-wise stamp duty treatment (including exemption thresholds)
- Assess liability considering multiple properties, farmhouses, multiple transfers
- Assist in obtaining approvals or rectifications from registration departments
- Guide compliance with revenue authorities and land record offices
Our Working Method
We deliver top-tier service whether your property is local or remote. Our advisory services are available:
- Over the phone
- Through video conferencing
- In face-to-face meetings
In our initial discussion, we will decide together how you prefer to interact and communicate going forward.
