There are about 20 people, keeping various types of business like dtp centre, tailoring, civil construction office, financial consultant, book sellers, lawyers office, psychology centre etc in a commercial building at T.Nagar, Chennai. Recently, a man who stayed few days for some interior works going on at constructions office, had mis-behaved and quarrelled with the son of the land lord itseems! So, for the past two weeks, the land lord is locking the main door by 9 pm in the night and unlocking it by 9 am the next day!
Usually, the DTP people, some time used to stay night and finish-up their pending jobs if any in time of urgency. Lawyers, you know very well can start up their job after the court work finishes, usually from 6 pm only. They interact with their clients, giving notes to their juniors and will eventually can extend up to 10 or 10.30 pm. Some time the tailors, due to their committments, had to stay back at their shop to finish up their pending works..& so on with all.
2007-03-17 14:44:20 · 8 answers · asked by yozenbalki 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
All the tenants are being there and paying rent for more than 2 to 25 years. My question is thus:
Is it legal to lock the main door like that? A few days back, one dtp staff stayed back at office for an urgent typing project. In the morning he couldn't go out to finish up his natural calls too until 9 am, for there is no water and basic sanitation facililities in the complex. He phoned up to the owner, and after his unlocking only, the dtp man could go out of the complex, and come back again to his work!! How pathetic? You just feel the pain!
Suppose, if we kept off some of our belongings at office by mistake-as we all used to do, we have to come back all along from half-way home! And to pick it up in the "ordered-time" 9pm-9am, we have to go and beg for the keys from complex owner in the odd hours (who resides by, the next building 2nd floor)!!
IN THIS CASE AS THE TENENTS, WHAT SHOULD BE OUR REACTION TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS?
Kindly guide me from lay-man's way to legalised way!
2007-03-17 15:17:29 · update #1
And in the lease agreement, there was no such stay-back conditions and timings prescribed!
ONLY THOSE WHO ARE IN THE LAW-PURSUITS PLEASE!
ASSUMPTIONS NO-PLEASE!
2007-03-17 15:24:42 · update #2
I would imagine since this was not specified as a condition of tennancy in the lease that it would not be quite legal, and is in effect denying the tennant access to his/her leased property. At the very least it would seem the tennants should have all been issued keys. Its not illegal to lock the doors exactly thats quite common, but under those circumstances the tennants would have keys to access thier offices.(unless that door is a fire exit and cannot be opened from the inside that is then its clearly illegal).
Sounds like you have a breach of contract/lease IMO
You would also have "past practice" and Status Quo on your side as well as the doors used to be left open , and the landlord unilateraly just decided to start locking them up.. while not as good as specifically having it written into the contract/lease.. this is a civil matter.. it really wouldnt have to be, to meet the perponderance of the evidence requiste...
2007-03-18 07:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by darchangel_3 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Commercial complex mean that you have to busines in a commercial manner. There tailors, cloth, taders and al varieties business people can have their openings of business in that commercial complex. Whereas lawyer is a legal practitiioner by profession and he can have but he has to abide by the rules of Land Lord. Land Lord is at the discretory power of opening the venue for 12 hours in order to protect his property. Being a lawyer how can he expect his offie open even after 9 p.m. Hence, the closing of 9 p.m to 9 a.m. is legal and justified as for as his rights are to be pretoected.
2007-03-24 01:34:26 · answer #2 · answered by sr50kandala 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He cannot do that what ever be the reason as that was not a condition stipulated in lease agreements with you people. You can serve him a legal notice and sue him for damages if necessary in the courts of law. You have a good case. And for immediate relief you can approach civil court for injunction orders to restrain your landlord from locking the premises let out to you.
2007-03-22 10:05:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Than the complex can't be called as a commercial complex....when your paying taxes in the form of commercial....so the restrictions will be designated by the government......just talk to the persons or contact the govt officials,inorder to solve your problem............all the best.
2007-03-17 19:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by popcandy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in our leases they are structured for after hours use. if the landlord is locking the doors due to a personal matter, the tenants need to bring this matter to his attention.
2007-03-17 14:49:32 · answer #5 · answered by milton b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should be specified in the lease...
maybe he kept it open at night earlier to help people finish their work but when someone pissed him off he decided to implement the rule harshly..!
check the lease - it HAS to be specified in it... if it's specified that he has the right to lock it then there's nothing you can do i guess
2007-03-17 15:14:14 · answer #6 · answered by maverick_youth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those lawyers need to check into the legality of themselves. I am sure they can stop it if it is.
2007-03-17 14:50:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
noooooooo...................
noooooooo...................
2007-03-20 22:43:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋