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A tenant did not receive the email of rent increase. What to do?
Hi,
My landlord, through his agent, sent an email for a rent increase 86 days before my lease expires. The mail, unfortunately, went to the spam folder & was deleted before I could reply to it.
I reached out to renew the contract. The landlord is insisting I renew at the rent mentioned in the mail as there was no response earlier and has even threatened eviction.
Can I challenge this? Or can my lack of response to the earlier communication be taken as being an agreement to the new rent?
Dear sir,
As per your query, please note that the failure to respond to the e-mail sent by the landlord is considered an implicit acceptance of the offer, but the value of the rent increase can be checked according to RERA and in case of violation, legal action can be taken through RDC.
Hi,
As per the law, for any change in terms of the tenancy contract, the landlord must give you a minimum of 90 days written notice.
Since you have mentioned the rent increase was notified 86 days before the expiry of the contract, it is in contradiction to the law and you can challenge it and disagree with the increase of the rent.
