After 3 years of tenant's stay, the owner has given 2 month's notice period to vacate the flat as he is going to be occupying it himself. No information related to notice period has been mentioned in the agreement.
1. Can the tenant vacate the flat at any time during the notice period or does he have to mandatorily stay till the end of 2 months, pay the rent for both months and then vacate, as insisted by the owner?
2. In case the tenant wishes to vacate early, does he also need to give a notice on top of notice given by the owner, and if so, is 1 month notice more than enough?
3. Can the tenant ask the last month's or the notice period rent to be deducted from the security deposit as per law?
Place: Hyderabad, Telangana