Your matter is argued in India by advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana, while you follow it from wherever you live. You are not asked to fly in for routine hearings.
Australia and India are both parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, so the route is execution before an Australian notary public followed by an apostille from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. No further attestation by the Indian High Commission or Consulate is required. On arrival in India it must be adjudicated and stamped within three months of receipt, under Section 18 of the Indian Stamp Act.
India is four and a half hours behind eastern Australia during Australian standard time, which is one of the more workable gaps. A call at midday in Melbourne reaches us mid-morning; an early evening call reaches us in the afternoon. Same-day turnaround on written updates is realistic in both directions.
Because relatives on the ground are frequently interested parties, and because instructions relayed through family are how NRI matters go wrong. Engaging counsel directly means the advocate answers to you, the file is visible to you, and the Power of Attorney is drawn to limit what can be done in your name. That is not a comment on your family — it is simply how we would advise anyone running a matter at this distance.
Yes, through a Special Power of Attorney authorising a named person to execute and register the sale deed. Alongside that, plan the tax: without a certificate under Form 13 the buyer must withhold under Section 195 on the entire sale price rather than on your gain, and repatriation to Australia then runs through your NRO account on Form 15CA and 15CB.
Yes. Advice to you can be in English while dealings with relatives, revenue officials and witnesses in Punjab happen in Punjabi or Hindi, which is usually what the matter actually requires.
Tell us about your matter and an enrolled advocate will review it and come back to you with a written view — we work around your time zone, not ours.