Succession and Inheritance - Inputs on Root Causes
Below are some of the key issues as outlined by you on Succession and Inheritance in India.
Kindly review them and help identify Root Causes for these issues by responding to this post.
This is a matter that concerns many in India and it is critical that the Community and Government work on understanding it better and addressing it.
We look forward to your inputs!
Rajendra Pratap Gupta
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Succession and Inheritance - Key Issues
1. Death certificate takes a long time to get prepared
2. Getting NOCs from different organizations becomes very tough
3. No concrete laws in this matter
4. The whole procedure of getting a succession certificate takes a very long time in the courts
5. Transfer of shares certificates from the deceased to successors is very difficult, requires court certificate which in turn requires huge deposits.
6. Many accounts do not need a nominee while going through the opening procedures
7. Lawyers charge a huge fee for taking up succession cases (many pay bribes to get work done)
8. Expenses and labour involved in obtaining the succession certificate is another tough ask
9. There is a lack of transparency among cross functional offices
10. The registrar office and staff is very corrupt and getting anything done there takes a lot of time and money
11. There is no customer service department/helpline which could answer the questions which arise in such cases more