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My granddad had to fight a case for more than 30 years because the tenant wouldn't leave. 30 fucking years just to get back a house which he bought. The only mi
by shmde 4y ago
My granddad had to fight a case for more than 30 years because the tenant wouldn't leave. 30 fucking years just to get back a house which he bought. The only mistake he made was buying the house with the tenants still inside. They even went onto to take the deal outside the court where we would pay 1/4 of the house price to make them leave the house.
Indian legal battles stretch for so long that many times people die without hearing a judgement for the case but my granddad was lucky enough to get the house back a few years before he died.
- Tepix 4y agoIs there a way (money?) to speed things up?
- spaceman_2020 4y agoYou can pay clerks to move your file around but the judiciary is so overloaded and understaffed that unless yours is a high priority or high profile case, it will just need to wait its turn. Which can be months in between hearings.
- Anunayj 4y agobribe* clerks. and if you can bribe them to move the date forward, you can probably bribe them to move the date backward.
- Tijdreiziger 4y ago> The only mistake he made was buying the house with the tenants still inside. I'm not sure how strong tenant protection is in India, but here in the Netherlands, it's well-understood that purchasing a property is not a valid reason to evict its tenants. Rental properties are sold and purchased with the understanding that they are investments, and that the property owners will not be able to live there (unless the tenants voluntarily leave).
- spaceman_2020 4y agoMy FIL has a similar story of a piece of land that was stolen by someone. He filed the case in 2011. No progress yet. Real estate is the riskiest asset class in India
- vinay_ys 4y agoPossession is 9/10th of the law.
- sidewndr46 4y agoThis happens in the US as well, for example https://www.foxnews.com/us/long-island-man-who-hasnt-paid-his-mortgage-in-20-years-dodges-eviction-again https://www.foxnews.com/us/long-island-man-who-hasnt-paid-hi...
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- bananapear 4y agoWhat would have happened if he had paid some intimidating people to forcibly evict the tenants and take possession?
- shmde 4y agoYes people do that, you need to have a bit of local political connections and make donations every now and then for festive events/blood donation camps etc for them to even consider sending goons on your behalf. Even though we used to joke around about hiring thugs to evict them we are pretty law abiding citizens who want no trouble. But it was sad to see grandad go to the court every other weekend when I used to come to his house for summer break.