Pras (m) 29 April 2012

Lock-in (rental agreement)

Hi,

I have made a rental agreement with my landlord in Blr. Now there is no lock in period mentioned in the agreement. So can I safely presume that i can vacate whenever I want by giving the 1 month notice in the agreement? Or does the landlord have the right to insist that i stay for atleast 6 months? (Asking this since I have had a few colleagues face this issue in Bangalore where 1 month rent has been deducted if vacated before 6 months even if there is no such clause in the agreement apart from a 1 month notice period)

Cheers.

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adv. rajeev ( rajoo ) (practicing advocate) 29 April 2012

When there is no period, it can be presumed that you can vacate the house at any time. And if you vacated the house within six months you need not to pay one year rent because there is no such condition in the rent agreement. You can defend like this.