two brothers are tenants of two shops in the same building. From longtime the younger brother through an authorization letter to landlord allowed his elder brother to receive the rent receipt after paying rent. From long time his son was running the shop and when asked about his father were told he is being ill.
But the landlord came to know by accident that perhaps the tenant is dead and that too for long time while none of his family informed about the death and the elder brother kept receiving his rent receipt by signing it without informing the landlord.
My questions regarding this are
1) is it illegal or not to inform landlord about the death of the tenant by family members while they are using the property?
2) Isn't it fraud to sign & receive rent bill on behalf of a dead person, when the person authorizing is no more?
3)can any legal steps be taken against the elder brother?
4) can any legal steps be taken against the family members for mis-representing the landlord & landlord incurring financial losses ?
5) legal heir has 5yr rights ,should they be treaded as trespasser?
