Property, contracts, inheritance and recovery
Property and possession, contracts, inheritance, injunctions and declarations before the civil courts of Lahore and the Lahore High Court. The suit is drafted by the advocate who will argue it.
Overview
Civil litigation is where most disputes over property, money and agreements are decided in Pakistan: a plot that two people claim, a house that a tenant will not vacate, a buyer who paid and never received the transfer, an inheritance that one heir has quietly mutated into their own name. Fortis Legal Partners handles these suits from the first notice to execution of the decree, before the Civil Judges and District Judges of Lahore and, on appeal and revision, before the Lahore High Court.
A civil suit is won or lost on the pleadings and the documents. We spend the first meeting on your papers, not on promises: the title chain, the agreement to sell, the receipts, the revenue record, the notices exchanged. If a suit is time-barred or the evidence is not there, you are told at the start.
The firm's civil practice grew out of district-court work in Dera Ghazi Khan, where land and recovery suits are the daily bread of the bar. That background shows in how we draft: precise reliefs, the right parties, and interim relief sought on day one so the property does not change hands while the case is pending.
We read the title, the agreement and the revenue record, and check the limitation period before anything is filed.
The plaint is drafted with the exact reliefs and a stay application so the property cannot be sold or altered during the case.
After the written statement the court frames issues; we lead your witnesses and documents, cross-examine theirs, and argue.
A decree is enforced through execution proceedings; an adverse judgment is taken to the District Judge or the High Court.
The civil and sessions courts where most matters begin: civil suits before Civil Judges and Additional District Judges, and criminal trials before Magistrates and Sessions Judges. The firm was founded in the District Courts of Dera Ghazi Khan and still treats trial-court work as the core of the practice.
Governing law: Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973
Constitutional (writ) petitions under Article 199, civil and criminal appeals and revisions, bail before the High Court, and references from tax and customs tribunals. Both founding partners have been Advocates of the High Court since 2023.
Governing law: Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 and Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887
The revenue hierarchy from the Tehsildar and Assistant Commissioner to the Collector, Commissioner and the Board of Revenue: mutation (intiqal), partition, correction of the record of rights, demarcation and ejectment.
Governing law: Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001
Recovery suits by banks and financial institutions, leave to defend, execution against mortgaged property, and settlement negotiations for borrowers and guarantors.
A contested property suit in the trial court commonly takes two to four years, with appeals adding more. Interim injunctions, however, can be obtained within days, which is usually what protects the property in the meantime.
Ask this on WhatsAppYes. A temporary injunction under Order XXXIX of the CPC is sought with the suit. The court looks at whether you have a prima facie case, whether you would suffer irreparable loss, and where the balance of convenience lies.
Ask this on WhatsAppA declaration asks the court to confirm your legal right or status, for example that a sale deed is void. Possession asks the court to put you back in physical control of the property. They are often combined with an injunction in one suit.
Ask this on WhatsAppNo. Your advocate appears on your behalf. You are needed when your evidence is recorded and on a few other dates, which we confirm with you in advance.
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Matters in this area often touch these as well.
Nothing on this page is legal advice and no representation is made as to the outcome of any matter.
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