2 month rent deducted even after vacating house in 1 month
I have rented a flat in an apartment in Bangalore. In the rental agreement, landlord mentioned the notice period as 60 days which I signed. On July 30th, I informed landlord that I would be vacating the house by August end and I vacated the house on August 31st. But the landlord deducted one more month of rent from security (i.e., for September) claiming that the notice period is 60 days. The house has already been rented out to another tenant on September 1st.
How can the landlord deduct one more month's rent using notice period as a reason as he would be collecting September's rent from new tenant as well. Landlord claims that the agreement ended on the day I vacated the house and that he could rent it out to a new tenant from September. Can this be challenged? Can I send a legal notice to landlord about this?
The agreement was made for 11 months and we vacated the house in 4 months.
Asked 8 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu
In that case, since the notice period is 60 days, isn't the property still leased to me till September end? If yes, how can the landlord lease an already leased property to another tenant? Does the landlord's claim of saying that the agreement ended on the day I vacated the house and that the property is not leased to me anymore is valid?
Asked 8 years ago