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Landlord deducted security and served legal notice to vacate house


09-Jan-2023 (In Civil Law)
Hi, I have rented a house in Bangalore in June and signed an agreement with my owner. During my stay, there were some marital differences between me and my wife and we got into a divorce battle. The neighbors reported hearing loud noises from our house to the owner. The owner subsequently served me a notice to vacate (It is a 11 month agreement, but agreement explicitly mentions that either party can terminate it with a 2 month notice to the other even before the end of the 11 months). I agreed to vacate when the notice was served and requested the owner to deduct all future rent payables from the deposit by phone, verbally. For the month of Nov, Dec and Jan (till end of notice period), rent was supposed to be deducted from the deposit. But, I am facing difficulties getting my wife to vacate in Jan (My wife has NOT signed the agreement). Now, the owner is telling me that he will have to report to his legal to get me vacated and he is stating that the arrangement to deduct rent from
Answers (2)

Answer #1
698 votes
Consent the local advocate for the best of advice as the rent agreement has to be looked into and also the termed have to be studied. The dispute between husband and wife to be looked into and the problems of not vacating the house to be addressed in a notice/legal notice.
Answer #2
956 votes
You are still not divorced and your wife stays with you now in the same house. It appears the owner has not yet served notice to you to vacate, but you already anticipate differences about the accounts. Your wife will agree to go with you to any new house you take on rent.. Right now, you better wait till a legal notice is served on you

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