LEGAL RESOURCE CENTREMoneylife Foundation's Legal Resource Information Centre's (LRIC) main objective is to provide information, advice and preliminary guidance to persons needing legal help or planning legal action in 10 defined areas.



You can seek help and guidance in following 10 areas such as CHS, property-related issues, Complaints to regulators, Consumer complaints, IT Act and civil liberties, Filing PILs, Whistleblowers, Sexual harassment case, Wills & nominations, RTI and Basic legal research.

(a) What is the provision that lays a cap on NOC charges and what is the vintage of this rule?
(b) Can an AGM approve charges at arate higher than this cap?
(c) Incase the govt rule of capping NOC charges has been notified after the AGM date, is the society permitted to continue charging such higher rate as it earlier was.
(d) Do the office bearers hold any personal liability incase they do not revise this charge downward even after it is brought to their notice? CHS, property-related issues


1. What is the procedure and documents needed.
2. Husband cannot have a OCI certificate as he was in the US Military Service.
3. His citizen ship notarized is available.
4. His passport and Driving Licence are available for verification. CHS, property-related issues

Shirish Shanbhag Shirish Shanbhag has an MSc in Organic Chemistry, Diploma in Higher Education, a Diploma in a French and has completed his LL.B. in first class, in 2021. Before his retirement, he was a junior college teacher at Patkar College from July 1980 to May 2012, where he taught theoretical and practical chemistry. Post retirement in 2012, he started providing guidance and counseling to people on several issues, with a specific focus on co-operative housing society related matters. Adv Shanbhag has a kee

Bapoo Malcolm Bapoo Malcolm is an Advocate at the Bombay High Court and a former national cycling champion and a man of many interests. Mr Malcolm is an expert in the mechanics of preparing Wills. He is advocate practising civil and criminal law as well as documentation and arbitration. He also takes up family court matters, redevelopment and MHADA matters and testamentary work, including litigation. Mr Malcolm operates in areas up to Nashik and Valsad and from Igatpuri to Udvada. He has experience in polluti

Ashok Kargutkar Ashok Kargutkar is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and has worked in Bank of India for 26 years. He has also been an insurance advisor with LIC India and AMFI registered Mutual Fund Advisor for 5+ years. He has also been a counsellor at Abhay Credit Counselling Center since its inception in Sept. 2008 to 2014.

AV Shenoy AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since r

Abhay Datar Abhay Datar is a consumer activist. After working at Bank of Baroda for about 29 years, he retired as IT Manager. After retirement, Mr Datar joined Consumer Guidance Cell of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP) in 2008 and solved many cases related to banking including online fraudulent transactions, misuse of credit cards and ATM cards. Also handled cases related with mobile banking frauds and mediclaim. He was a Member of the Managing Committee of MGP till March 2021.

Shailesh Gandhi Shailesh Gandhi is a former Central Information Commissioner for the Right to Information Act. He is a successful RTI activist and a regular speaker at Moneylife Foundation.

SD Israni Dr SD Israni is an Advocate & Partner of SD Israni Law Chambers and has over 37 years of experience in the field of Corporate, Commercial and Securities Laws. He has simply written the book on Indian securities laws, copies of which he kindly donated to Moneylife Foundation library. Dr Israni's professional achievements are formidable. He was a member of the Naresh Chandra Committee for simplification of Company Law relating to private and small companies. He has been on SEBI's committee on

Samir Zaveri An extraordinary activist who has dedicated his life to the cause of railways, with a mission to help every rail commuter and accident victims, and improve Railway safety.
Yogesh Sapkale Yogesh Sapkale is Deputy Editor of Moneylife and writes on legal, RTI, and consumer issues

Sucheta Dalal Trustee - Moneylife Foundation