What legal obligations exist for landlord access to rented premises?

While inspecting a spot I rented retired past year, I was acrophobic astir its maintenance.  From a ineligible perspective, bash I request to service a announcement earlier entering the premises? What are the circumstantial ineligible requirements oregon obligations regarding landlord entree to rented property?

—Name withheld connected request

We recognize that you are enquiring from the position of a landlord and truthful you mean to guarantee that the tenanted premises is successful bully condition. We presume that determination exists a duly registered deed betwixt the landlord and the tenant signaling the presumption of the tenancy. In the lawsuit if the parties to the deed person predetermined and agreed upon the mode of notifying for inspection of the tenanted premises then, you (as landlord) indispensable code a anterior announcement (as per the agreed mode of communication) calling upon the tenant to furnish inspection of the premises for assessing whether the tenanted premises requires to beryllium repaired for maintenance.

As per Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, the obligation/duty is upon the landlord to support the tenanted premises successful bully information to alteration the tenant to utilize the premises for its intent (residential / commercial). In lawsuit of non-compliance of the statutory work of the landlord, the tenant oregon the tenants are entitled to transportation retired the repair works and are entitled to either deduct from the rent oregon retrieve from the landlord (as the lawsuit whitethorn be).

In the lawsuit if the repair works required to beryllium carried retired are of the quality which mandates eviction of the tenant, then, the landlord volition person to travel owed process of instrumentality and record due proceedings for eviction of the tenant.

Aradhana Bhansali is partner, Rajani Associates.

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Published: 07 May 2024, 04:44 PM IST