Interest on rent under maharashtra rent control act 1999
Tripti Nagwekar
(Querist) 16 January 2013
This query is : Resolved
A landlord refused to accept the monthly rent from the tenant and filed a case under Maharashtra rent control act 1999 on the date 1.1.2005 against the tenant for eviction and possession of the tenanted premises. Later on the date 1.1.2011, the court rejected the application of landlord and ordered landlord to accept the rent pending and future. Now please tell me whether the landlord can claim the interest on the rent from tenant since 2005 in first case if whole rent deposited by tenant in the court since 2005 and in second case if tenant never deposited the rent in the court.
ajay sethi
(Expert) 16 January 2013
if whole rent deposited in court then lanlord cannot claim any interest .
if tenant never deposited any rent in court it would depend upon the order passed by court . does it provide for payment of arrears wth interest or not
R.K Nanda
(Expert) 16 January 2013
agree with expert Sethi.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 17 January 2013
The landlord is entitled to recover for the rent outstanding and pending at the end of the tenant but he is not entitled to claim rent which already stands deposited with the court.
