Flat Owner Threatening Me With Legal Notice As She Is A Lawyer. | Vkeel - Free Legal Advice

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Pimpri-Chinchwad

I'm living in a rented flat, whose owner is a lawyer. Our house agreement was of 2 years, which had lock in period of 6 months, just after lock in period was over, ownler messaged me and said that she wanted to raise the house rent from Rs.15000 to Rs.19000, I said how can you do that in between, but she said she is a lawyer and know all the laws, so I said I do not want to continue and will be vacating the property by 31st of this month. She said you hand over the keys on 31st, then I will do inspection in 3-4 days and will return the deposit after 7-8 days after inspection. I told her that I know you are a lawyer but that doesn't mean you will create your own laws, I will hand over the keys only after I receive my deposit, as I had the past experiences that flat owners makes lot of excuses while returning the deposit. So she started threatening me with a legal court notice and if required file a case against me. What all options do I have?

Expert's Answers(6)

H K Chaturvedi, Advocate Supreme Court.
Noida, Uttar Pradesh

12 Client Ratings

Better to resolve amicably. Nobody is above the law. Consult online if need further assistance.

September 13, 2022
Advocate Anik
Bengaluru, Karnataka

66 Client Ratings

Dear client, You can send a legal notice to return your deposit. Thank you.

June 2, 2022
Advocate Shaikh Irfan Khamar
Latur, Maharashtra

2 Client Ratings

Dear client As per your submission it reveals that this is a matter of security deposit However As per tenancy Act you are entitled to claim security deposit therefore you can send legal notice through your advocate and can claim security deposit amount

May 30, 2022
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Bengaluru, Karnataka

184 Client Ratings

Dear Sir, She cannot take law into her hands since because she is a lawyer. You should not hand over the case untill and unless your entire security deposite is returned.

May 20, 2022
Advocate Sanjeev Jain
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

8 Client Ratings

Dear Client You should send a leagal notice according contact after that you should take leagly action for further assistance book a consultation and rate me if you find my answer helpful

May 19, 2022
Advocate Jitender Singh
New Delhi, Delhi

17 Client Ratings

The security you deposited solely belongs to you only and no one can claim any rights over it. If she is not returning your money then you can always send a legal notice to her claiming your money back and if want to go legal then also file a police complaint against her before she do something nasty. For more legal assistance I am just a call away.

May 19, 2022