Title : Karnataka Rent Control Act, 2001
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA RENT CONTROL ACT, 2001 Chapter I Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section 2 - Application of the Act Section 3 - Definitions Chapter II Section 4 - Registration of tenancy agreement Section 5 - Inheritability of tenancy Section 6 - Rent payable Section 7 - Standard rent Section 8 - Other charges payable Section 9 - Revision of rent in certain cases Section 10 - Notice of revision of rent Section 11 - Unlawful charges not to be claimed Section 12 - Controller to fix standard rent, etc Section 13 - Fixation of interim rent Section 14 - Limitation for application for fixation of standard rent etc Section 15 - Refund of rent, premium, etc., Section 16 - Receipt to be given for rent and other charges paid Chapter III Section 17 - Deposit..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Deposit of Rent
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) Where the landlord does not accept any rent and other charges tendered by the tenant within the time and the manner referred to in section 16 or refuses or neglects to deliver a receipt referred to therein, or where there is a bonafide doubt as to the person or persons to whom the rent and other charges are payable, the tenant may deposit such rent and other charges with the Controller in the prescribed manner. (2) The deposit shall be accompanied by an application by the tenant containing the following particulars, namely:- (a) the premises for which the rent and other charges deposited with a description sufficient for identifying the premises; (b) the period for which the rent and other charges are deposited; (c) the name and address of the landlord or the person or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Deposit of Rent and Other Charges by the Tenant
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) Where the landlord does not accept any rent and other charges tendered by the tenant within the time and the manner referred to in section 16 or refuses or neglects to deliver a receipt referred to therein, or where there is a bonafide doubt as to the person or persons to whom the rent and other charges are payable, the tenant may deposit such rent and other charges with the Controller in the prescribed manner. (2) The deposit shall be accompanied by an application by the tenant containing the following particulars, namely:- (a) the premises for which the rent and other charges deposited with a description sufficient for identifying the premises; (b) the period for which the rent and other charges are deposited; (c) the name and address of the landlord or the person or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Controller to Fix Standard Rent, Etc
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) The Controller shall, on an application made to him in this behalf, in the prescribed manner, fix in respect of any premises,- (i) the deemed rent for the purpose of clause (e) of sub-section (3) of section 2; (ii) the enhancement in rent in the manner provided in Third Schedule; (iii) the standard rent as per the provisions of section 7; (iv) the other charges payable as per the provisions of section 8; and (v) the revision in rent as per the provisions of section 9: Provided that it shall not be permissible for the land lord to apply for the fixation of standard rent as per the provisions of section 7 in the case of a tenancy entered into after the commencement of this Act. (2) In working out the cost of construction of any premises or the market price of land..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Receipt to Be Given for Rent and Other Charges Paid
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) Every tenant shall pay rent and other charges payable within the time fixed by contract or in the absence of such stipulation, by the fifteenth day of the month next following the month for which it is payable and where any default occurs in the payment of rent or other charges, the tenant shall be liable to pay simple interest at the rate of twelve per cent per annum from the date on which it becomes payable. (2) Every tenant who makes payment of rent or other charges payable or advance towards such rent or other charges to his landlord shall be entitled, to obtain forthwith from the landlord or his authorised agent a written receipt for the amount paid to him, signed by the landlord or his authorised agent: Provided that it shall be open to the tenant to remit the rent or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Saving as to Acceptance of Rent and Other Charges and Forfeiture of Rent in Deposit
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) The withdrawal of rent and other charges deposited under section 17 in the manner provided therein shall not operate as an admission against the person with-drawing of the correctness of the rate of rent and other charges, the period of default, the amount due, or of any other facts stated in the tenants application for depositing the rent and other charges under the said section. (2) Any rent and other charges in deposit which is not withdrawn by the landlord or by the person or persons entitled to receive such rent shall except in cases where there is bonafide dispute of title be forfeited to Government by an order made by the Controller, if it is not withdrawn before the expiration of five years from the date of posting of the notice of deposit. (3) Before passing an order of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Landlords Duty to Keep the Premises in Good Repair
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) Subject to any contract in writing to the contrary every landlord shall be bound to keep the premises in good and tenantable repairs in relation to matters falling under Part A of Schedule V. Explanation.- Good and tenantable repairs under this section and under section 49 shall mean such repairs as shall keep the premises in the same condition in which it was let out, except for the normal wear and tear. (2) Where any repairs in relation to a matter falling under Part A of Schedule V without which the premises are not habitable or useable except with undue inconvenience are to be made and the landlord neglects or fails to make them within a period of three months after notice in writing, the tenant may apply to the Controller for permission to make such repairs himself and may..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Fixation of Interim Rent
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
When an application for fixing the standard rent or for determining the lawful increase or decrease of such rent and other charges payable is made under section 12, the Controller shall, as expeditiously as possible, make an order specifying the amount of the rent and other charges payable or the lawful increase to be paid by the tenant to the landlord pending final decision on the application and shall specify the date from which the rent and other charges payable or lawful increase so specified shall be deemed to have effect. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Deposit and Payment of Rent During the Pendency of Proceedings for Eviction
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) No tenant against whom an application for eviction has been made by a landlord under section 27, shall be entitled to contest the application before the Court under that section or to prefer or prosecute a revision petition under section 46 against an order made by the Court on application under section 27 unless he has paid or pays to the landlord or deposits with the Court or the District Judge or the High Court, as the case may be, all arrears of rent and other charges due in respect of the premises upto the date of payment or deposits and continues to pay or to deposit any rent which may subsequently become due in respect of the premises at the rate at which it was last paid or agreed to be paid, until the termination of the proceedings before the Court or the District Judge or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Time Limit for Making Deposit and Consequence of Incorrect Particulars in Application for Deposit
State : Karnataka
Year : 2001
(1) No rent and other charges deposited under section 17 shall be considered to have been validly deposited under that section, unless the deposit is made within twenty-one days of the time referred to in section 16 for payment of the rent and other charges. (2) No such deposit shall be considered to be validly made, if the tenant wilfully makes any false statement in his application for depositing the rent and other charges, unless the landlord has withdrawn the amount deposited before the date of filing an application for the recovery of possession of the premises from the tenant. (3) If the rent and other charges is deposited within the time mentioned in sub-section (1) and does not cease to be a valid deposit for the reason mentioned in sub-section (2), the deposit shall..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section