Ownership of a property does not give a landlord the right to enter it whenever they choose — not if it is under a tenant’s lawful possession. And if they enter with criminal intent, they can be convicted of house trespass and mischief under the Indian Penal Code. That is the clear legal position reaffirmed…
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When a young woman from a northeastern state arrived in Delhi to study, she found a room in South Delhi, completed tenant verification through her landlord, and thought she was settled. Then the messages started. An unknown number. Repeated texts. Calls she didn’t answer. She eventually found out the number belonged to her landlord —…
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Renting vs buying in India is a conversation that refuses to settle — and it’s not supposed to, because the right answer is genuinely different depending on which city you’re in. A piece in the Economic Times (read it here) made this case with a city-by-city breakdown, arguing that in high-price metros, renting can actually…