Ranbir Kapoor Sued For Rs 50 Lakh: The Big Controversy
The supremely talented Ranbir Kapoor is on cloud nine after the roaring success of Sanju, but a demand of Rs 50 lakh has come knocking at his door via a case on-going in the Pune Civil Court
Ranbir Kapoor,
who leased out his plush apartment in Trump Towers, located in Pune’s Kalyani
Nagar, in October 2, 2016, has been sued by the tenant for allegedly not
honouring the terms of the rental agreement.
Mumbai Mirror reports: "A Koregaon Park resident Sheetal Surywanshi, who
had moved into the 6,094 square-feet apartment after renting it on leave and
license basis, has sought damages and interest for being evicted much before
the lock-in period stated in the agreement. The license fee was decided at Rs 4
lakh per month for the first 12 months, and Rs 4.20 lakh for the next 12. Over
and above Suryawanshi paid a deposit of Rs 24 lakh.
The case is on in the Pune civil court, where Suryawanshi has sought damages to
the tune of Rs 50.40 lakh and interest of Rs 1.08 lakh stating that her family
suffered ‘severe inconvenience and hardships’ due to the sudden eviction.
According to her,
in August 2017, 11 months after she moved in, she was asked to vacate the flat.
She eventually moved out by October-end 2017.
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According to the
suit filed earlier this year, ‘24-months shall be a lock-in period’ was the
arrangement in the agreement signed between the two sides. “In said notice
(email), it was falsely informed by the defendant (Ranbir) that he wants to
shift into the said premises, and for this reason, plaintiff (Suryawanshi) was
asked to vacate the premises in contravention of the terms and conditions of
the leave and license agreement,” the suit states. Suryawanshi alleged that she
was ‘maliciously deceived’ by RK to vacate despite the lockin period of 24
months. The suit informs that in January 2018, Suryawanshi shot a notice to the
actor but did not get any response."
According to
Mirror: 'Ranbir has denied all allegations and has filed his responses in the
court, stating that Suryawanshi was not asked to vacate the flat because he was
moving in, reproducing a portion of the leave and license agreement. The clause
in the agreement states that the lock-in period would be of 12 months and that
the licensee (Suryawanshi) cannot terminate it before said period. The portion
reproduced in the response also states that if Suryawanshi terminates the
agreement before 12 months, she will be liable to pay the rent for the
remaining period.
Ranbir Kapoor
Plaintiff
cannot unilaterally change, modify or interpret leave and license agreement to
suit her convenience,” Ranbir’s response states, adding that Suryawanshi
vacated the flat on her own free will and that she defaulted on rent for 3
months before leaving, which has been deducted from the deposit. The case is
scheduled to be heard next on August 28."
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