Ground-floor flat owner wins water leakage case as Maharashtra court orders the first-floor owner to let repairmen work in his flat and share the cost this way

In a housing scoiety, it is expected that all residents live in harmony and help each other. However Mr Bari who owned a ground floor flat in a housing society in Kalyan had to suffer a lot because of the first floor flat owner. Since July 2012, Bari and his wife, who live in flat C-1/904 in Khadakpada, Kalyan (West), have been dealing with water leakage issues coming from the flat above them (C-1/1004).

This first floor flat (C-1/1004) was previously owned by Mr Bhandari and Bari alleges that before selling the flat, Bhandari carried out some civil works involving the floor tiles of his bathroom and this the reason of the water leakage. So back then Bari had informed the housing society about this, but the society failed to act on it.