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icon Landlord deducted arbitrary amount from security deposit

I was living in a fully furnished rented 1bhk flat in Dahisar Mumbai with Rs 17.5k rent and Rs 80k security deposit. I have vacated the flat but my landlady has deducted arbitrary amounts in name of a


A. Dear Madam,

You should not have delivered vacant possession of such property. It being a small amount you cannot recover through court has it is expensive and time consuming.

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icon NC filled - Scratched someone hand

My friend just Scratched someone hand in minor way and that person had filed nc against him even in between of fights that person had slapped him but now he is threatening us that he will sue him in


A. Dear Sir,
It is a petty offence and you will get bail easily. In the meanwhile you are advised to lodge counter complaint and if Police reluctant to register FIR then file PCR as follows:
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icon Claiming for property - We have 1 acre agricultural land

We have 1 acre agricultural land. In the will, my grandfather has written wrong survey number. My father was cultivating from almost 30 years. Now that my dad is no more, my dad's sister says it belon


A. Dear client,
As the legal owner of the property is nowhere to be found and tenant will be the legal owner only by the approval of the count. Obtain the property survey number in the registration office.

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icon Land issue -My father had bought around half acre of land

My father had bought around half acre of land near city area and built several rooms for renting and put a family for collecting rent. Now after around 20 years my father wants to build a house there


A. Dear Client,

You can issue a legal notice asking them to vacate the property followed by an eviction petition before the rent controller court.

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icon House road issue

We bought a ploy for making house on 2012 and the road to that plot is not in our name but name of the previous owner. Now he has bought land further our plot and now he wants to lower the level of th


A. Dear Client
You may send him a legal notice or proceed to civil court and seek for permanent injunction.
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icon Issues with tenant not leaving the property

Hi! I have rented my shop to a guy who uses it as storage room. Hasnt paid 6 months light bill, 2 months rent and I have asked him to vacate the property 3 months ago over the phone (recorded) as well


A. Dear Client,
If the tenant refuses to vacate after the expiry of the lease then you may move to court and obtain an order of eviction against him. Non-payment of rent is also a ground on which the lease can be brought to a premature end by the landlord by moving to court and filing a case for eviction.
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icon House advance refund issue

We are the owners of a building, the tenants came last week paid the advance, they are there for just 7days, we have put money for the changes required according to them and then just said we are leav


A. Dear Client,

As per the facts mentioned, you need not return the full amount. You may deduct the expenses which occurred and return what’s left.

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icon No leave license or any written agreement

3 years back My father purchased a shop in Thane . By the previous owner the shop was given on leave license basis for 33 months and a period of 10 months was still due for expiry of the leave licens


A. Dear Sir,

You can exhaust local rent control Act provisions and If not applicable then file suit for recovery of possession as he is in illegal possession.

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icon Landlord not returning security deposit

I missed paying rent for a month and continued paying all rent and dues for subsequent months. After 9 months, while doing his taxes he found out this miss and informed us. We paid the missing rent im


A. Dear Client,
Since the penalty for delay in rent is mentioned in the agreement, in this situation, I will have to go through the rent agreement to give any advice.
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icon Tenant took possession of my commercial property

My tenant took possession of my commercial property with out agreement saying that he would make agreement soon but that never happened . he did not open the premises for the last 3 months and disap


A. Dear Client,
Since there is no legal agreement between you two, you can file for criminal trespass u/s 441 IPC. You can also file an eviction suit.
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