Landlord Withholding Security Deposit And Demanding Full Rent | Vkeel - Free Legal Advice

Ritwika

Bangalore

We are 3 bachelors who occupy a fully furnished apartment in Bangalore since November 2017. The rental agreement for the same was made in 2017 and it says on the rental agreement that the document is valid for 11 months. After 11 months, the agreement wasn't renewed by the lawyer and one of the 3 renters left the apartment and replaced herself with another person to occupy her place. The owner was fully aware of this. We have WhatsApp chat conversations of the owner's agreement on this replacement. It is 2020 now and the owner hasn't renewed the rental agreement till now. He had also taken a deposit of 1.25lakhs from us. Now, the original 2 people want to vacate the apartment and is asking for their deposit back. Due to the covid 19 market, they haven't been able to find a replacement for themselves in the apartment. They have tried for over 3 months. The 3 rd person wants to continue living in the apartment but doesn't want to pay the entire house rent.

Expert's Answers(3)

Advocate Abhimanyu Gurawalia
Patli Hajipur, Haryana

60 Client Ratings

rent is not for per person but of complete apartment so will have to pay

June 12, 2020
Kishan Retired Judge ( Advocate)
Bengaluru, Karnataka

184 Client Ratings

Dear Madam, Please stand in the shoes of Land lord. If single person canot pay entire rent then she may shift P G Center or single bedroom house. Owner is always concerned with total rent and cannot devide it depending upon number of persons. Ad may given inviting others to join.

June 11, 2020
Advocate Suneel Moudgil
Panipat, Haryana

40 Client Ratings

1. you can serve the owner a legal notice through a lawyer to make payment of the deposit amount, 2. if payment is not made despite service of the legal notice, you can file a civil suit for the recovery of the amount, 3. chat, call records, WhatsApp record, if relevant, can prove your case and are admissible as an evidence

June 11, 2020