Notice period change in a Bangalore lease renewal — it happened to a tenant who did everything right, and he caught it only because he read every line. A post on r/bangalore detailed what happened when a tenant who had been renting in Basavanagar since 2022 came up for renewal in 2026. Four years. Never…
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Bengaluru rent rules are making headlines — but on the ground, tenants aren’t holding their breath. A thread on r/bangalore asked a question that thousands of renters in the city are thinking: under the Home Rent Rules 2025, security deposits for residential properties are capped at two months’ rent. So will landlords — who routinely…
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There is a difference between a housing society with rules and a housing society with a president who has decided that he is the rules. At Aditya Heights, opposite Sarath City Mall in Hyderabad, a visitor recently found out which one she was dealing with. She had done everything right. She obtained a valid gate…
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Maranda Bowers, 47, and her husband John, 40, used to pay $2,300 a month — roughly ?2 lakh — to rent a three-bedroom house in Florida. Then John had a workplace accident and could no longer work. The money stopped making sense. So they made a decision that most people would dismiss as absurd: they…
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If you are married and living with someone who is not your spouse — without a divorce — an Allahabad High Court ruling says you have no legal right to seek protection for that arrangement. Justice Vivek Kumar Singh of the Allahabad High Court, on March 20, disposed of a writ petition filed by a…
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A Saharanpur tenant lost their eviction case at every court level — Rent Authority, Appellate Authority, High Court — then tried to reopen it anyway. The Supreme Court imposed a ?5 lakh fine and called it a gross abuse of process.
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A tenancy dispute in Rajasthan ran for 77 years across multiple generations. The Rajasthan High Court finally ended it — ruling that heirs inherit joint tenancy rights and can be bound by eviction decrees against the original tenant.
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The Kerala High Court upheld eviction of a Kannur shop tenant on two grounds — rent default and the landlord’s genuine need to start their own business. Here is what bona fide need actually means and what it means for your tenancy.
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A Delhi landlord cut electricity to a tenant during a dispute and refused to provide the NOC needed to restore it. The High Court ruled this is illegal — electricity is a fundamental right under Article 21. Here is what this means for every tenant in India.
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You found the flat and you like it. Before you sign anything, there are ten questions most tenants forget to ask — about money, maintenance, water, notice periods, and deposit deductions. Here they are.