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Abhishek Tiwari   18 August 2025

Rental agreement mistake

Hi, My tenant got a rental agreement of shop prepared in which he included electricity charges under the monthly rental(7000 including electricity), which is obviously incorrect. I signed the agreement without reading it. So he was trying to trick me by ediiting this part. However, he made a mistake and he got the year to agreement(11 months) edit to 20025(twenty thousand something). I am sure tenant will not be willing to edit the Rs.7000 mistake as he has done it deliberately. Question : Can the agreement be considered as null/invalid altogether since the edited date/year is invalid "20025 & my mistake will be neutralized? Note : Tenant was defintely trying to trick me by 7000 mistake and hence he made that 20025 mistake as well, deliberately. Thanks Abhishek


 4 Replies

SHIVKUMAR AGNIHOTRI, ADVOCATE, (Advocate )     18 August 2025

1.  Talk to the tenant once and point out the mistake, suggest a rectification/ amendment of the agreement.

2.   If he refuses file for rectification legal correction of contract or terminate his tenancy with proper notice. 20025 mistake doesn't automatically cancel the agreement, it will likely be read as 2025.

Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Advocate)     18 August 2025

Prima- facieyour worry seems genine. A concrete view canbe formed only by seeing the paper. 

P. Venu (Advocate)     18 August 2025

To my understanding, there is no correlation between the obvious mistake of year mentioned as 20025 and the alleged mistake of monthly rent being mentioned as 7000 including rent. The latter aspect is a question of fact which could be settled through mutual negotiation and amicable settlement or a civil action or arbitration (if the agreement provides so). Any contract is voidable in case of mistake of fact, but not per se void.

T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate)     18 August 2025

The mistake in the year is typo error hence cannot render the agreement void, however you cannot take shelter under this for not reading the agreement conditions properly.

You can sort it out by negotiations only.


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