Kevin Moses Paul
29 January 2021
As stated in the the Rent agreement, it was requisite to abide by rules laid in it, but as per the situation explained above it's clear that the tenant has failed to do so making the void.
While on the other hand, charging the rent from his is the right of the owner as he was not taken in confidence regarding the non-performing tasks by the tenant. It's unlawful for a party not to abide by rules and regulations laid down in an agreement or a contract without informing about it to the other party of the agreement as per Indian Contract Act (ICA) 1872.
Thus, it was the duty of tenant to inform the owner that he's not gonna implement or abide by any rules mentioned in the contract and therefore it was his duty to get the cancellation done such that the agreement gets no longer valid between the both of them.
Now, coming at harassment and threats to get sued by the tenant, you may give a sample of conversation along with all the mail's and attempts done by the owner to get the tenant to move into the flat as well as the cancellation of the agreement which he was refusing to do. You may file this complaint to a local police station and may also proceed to file a civil sue for not abiding with the agreement. Filing of the suit by the tenant will initially lead him to trouble for him not abiding with agreement and for threats for which he would be asked to compensate the owner.