You found a flat. The landlord seems decent. He says the agreement is just a formality and asks you to skip it this month. You move in. Three months later, he raises the rent by 40% and gives you two weeks to accept or leave. You have nothing in writing. This is one of the…
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India’s Income Tax Act, 1961 survived over 60 Finance Acts and more than 4,000 individual amendments across six decades before the government decided enough was enough. The Income Tax Act, 2025 — passed by both Houses of Parliament in the monsoon session of 2025 — takes effect from April 1, 2026. It replaces the 1961…
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New rent rules India 2026 viral posts have spread across X, Instagram, and WhatsApp groups in a wave that started earlier this year. The posts are clean, confidently worded, and almost entirely misleading. A thread on r/indianrealestate laid out the rules being shared and — more usefully — the community proceeded to forensically dismantle which…
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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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India’s New Rent Rules 2026 cap deposits at two months rent, require digital agreement registration, and allow landlords to charge up to 4x rent for overstaying tenants. Most people don’t know this yet.
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The Supreme Court has ruled that rent receipts signed by a landlord are sufficient proof of a landlord-tenant relationship in eviction cases. This landmark ruling from a Bengaluru dispute clarifies how courts can proceed even without formal lease agreements. Here’s what it means for tenants and landlords across India.