Maharashtra Rent control act 1999

The Rent Control Act governs the leasing of homes, with each State having its own version of the Act. The new Act in Maharashtra, known as the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, has made many changes in the Bombay Rent Control Act and is applicable to the entire State.

In India, the first rent law was passed during the Bombay Presidency in 1915, and afterwards in 1939. This was later replaced by the Bombay Rents, Hotel, and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947. The Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, is the final Act which has replaced all the former Acts in a bid to regulate the rental housing market in the State. According to Sapna, a Mumbai-based proprietor from Smilehomes, “The Maharashtra Rent Act benefits both the tenants and the landlords. The Act aims at providing affordable temporary accommodation to the residents of the State, while ensuring a transparent relationship between the two parties.”

Both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council had passed the Maharashtra Rent Control Bill, 1999, with amendments that aimed to unify the three different rent control laws in the State. This Act does not apply to any premises rightfully belonging to the Government or a local authority, premises let or sub-let to the banks, any public sector undertakings or any Corporation established by the Centre or the State Act. A landlord is solely responsible for maintaining the entire residential or commercial building, and seek amendments thereof.

The Maharashtra Rent Control Bill, 1999, specifies the duties of both the landlord and the tenant -but now time is changed and this law become injustice to old property owners .Rent was frized and buildings become to colapes many tenants failed in collapse ed buildings but government of maharashtra not ready to Cheng this law
Who is responsible for tenants death .