The security deposit is often the single largest financial transaction in a rental. You hand over months of rent upfront, hoping you will get it back when you leave. Whether you actually do depends almost entirely on what your agreement says — and what condition the property is in when you hand back the keys.…
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The landlord’s logic was blunt: the tenant was a foreigner, he was leaving India, and it would be “impossible” for him to take legal action from abroad. On that basis, the landlord refused to return a ?6 lakh security deposit and reportedly threatened the Singaporean tenant with police complaints and immigration trouble — claims designed…
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Bengaluru deposit cap debate has moved from “will landlords comply?” to a more interesting question: how will they avoid complying while technically staying within the rules? A thread on r/bangalore that discussed the proposed two-month deposit cap got to this answer quickly. One commenter put it in nine words: “We are a country of workarounds.”…