Mann Bansal

[Mann Bansal @BansalMann]

Need urgent legal clarification regarding a landlord/tenancy issue in New Thippasandra, Bengaluru.

We paid ₹55,000 as advance rent to a prospective landlord. At the time of accepting the payment, he agreed that my fiancée and I could stay together in the premises.

3-4 days close to the moving day, he started imposing additional conditions and demanding extensive documentation, including Aadhaar details of both our parents. He also took our parents’ signatures on a declaration concerning our live-in arrangement.

He specifically wanted to verify that we were actually getting married. To address this we had to share our roka photographs, wedding invitation and some witness he could talk to. Despite this, he later said that these could be “fake”.

When we asked for a refund of the ₹55,000, he refused and instead tried to scare us by saying that he would complain to the police and have us undergo police verification.

We told him that we have absolutely no objection to lawful police verification and asked him to proceed.

He then stated that until the police verification is completed, we cannot stay in the premises, while we would still have to pay rent for that period.

He has also stated that he can enter the rented premises whenever he wants, without our permission/notice.

We are both consenting adults and have no objection to reasonable tenant verification or lawful documentation. However, can a landlord:

- Accept ₹55,000 after agreeing to the tenancy and subsequently refuse to refund it after changing the conditions?

- Prevent tenants from occupying the premises pending verification while simultaneously demanding rent?

- Demand Aadhaar/ID documents of the tenants’ parents when they are not tenants/guarantors?

- Require parents to sign declarations concerning two consenting adults’ live-in relationship?

- Demand proof of an adult couple’s marriage and then dismiss genuine wedding documents as potentially “fake”?

- Claim an unrestricted right to enter the rented premises whenever he wants?

Requesting @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr and the concerned Karnataka authority/legal professionals to please clarify the applicable law and the proper remedy for tenants in such a situation.

We have preserved the payment proof, messages with the landlord (while he always insisted on talking on call).

@UIDAI @NALSALegalAid @CMofKarnataka @HumanRightsFou6 Seeking guidance on the above.

[Honey @HoneyMakkar10]

@UIDAI @NALSALegalAid @CMofKarnataka @HumanRightsFou6 Seeking guidance on the above.

[Honey @HoneyMakkar10]

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[Honey @HoneyMakkar10]

Need urgent legal clarification regarding a landlord/tenancy issue in New Thippasandra, Bengaluru.

We paid ₹55,000 as advance rent to a prospective landlord. At the time of accepting the payment, he agreed that my fiancée and I could stay together in the premises.

3-4 days close to the moving day, he started imposing additional conditions and demanding extensive documentation, including Aadhaar details of both our parents. He also took our parents’ signatures on a declaration concerning our live-in arrangement.

He specifically wanted to verify that we were actually getting married. To address this we had to share our roka photographs, wedding invitation and some witness he could talk to. Despite this, he later said that these could be “fake”.

When we asked for a refund of the ₹55,000, he refused and instead tried to scare us by saying that he would complain to the police and have us undergo police verification.

We told him that we have absolutely no objection to lawful police verification and asked him to proceed.

He then stated that until the police verification is completed, we cannot stay in the premises, while we would still have to pay rent for that period.

He has also stated that he can enter the rented premises whenever he wants, without our permission/notice.

We are both consenting adults and have no objection to reasonable tenant verification or lawful documentation. However, can a landlord:

- Accept ₹55,000 after agreeing to the tenancy and subsequently refuse to refund it after changing the conditions?

- Prevent tenants from occupying the premises pending verification while simultaneously demanding rent?

- Demand Aadhaar/ID documents of the tenants’ parents when they are not tenants/guarantors?

- Require parents to sign declarations concerning two consenting adults’ live-in relationship?

- Demand proof of an adult couple’s marriage and then dismiss genuine wedding documents as potentially “fake”?

- Claim an unrestricted right to enter the rented premises whenever he wants?

Requesting @BlrCityPolice @CPBlr and the concerned Karnataka authority/legal professionals to please clarify the applicable law and the proper remedy for tenants in such a situation.

We have preserved the payment proof, messages with the landlord (while he always insisted on talking on call).

[Mann Bansal @BansalMann]

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