CHAPTER III Rent

Section 8: Rent Payable

The Jammu and Kashmir (Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 (repealed)

Repealed in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir from 15 February 2026 by section 47(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025 (Act No. IV of 2025), which reads "The Jammu and Kashmir Residential and Commercial Tenancy) Act, 2012 which is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, is hereby repealed", with pending cases saved by section 47(2).

How current this text is

Text as adapted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 (S.O. 1229(E), 31 March 2020), as published by India Code for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

Kept for reference only: the Act was repealed from 15 February 2026 by the Jammu and Kashmir Tenancy Act, 2025, and applies now only to cases pending at that date under section 47(2) of that Act.

(1) In case of tenancies entered into on or after the commencement of the Act, rent payable of a rental unit shall be the rent agreed between the landlord and the tenant at the commencement of tenancy.

(2) In case of existing tenancies, at the end of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act, rent payable shall be as per sub-section (1) and––

(a) the landlord shall intimate the tenant two months prior to the expiry of twenty four months from the commencement of the Act about the revision in rent ;

(b) in the absence of an agreement between the landlord and the tenant on the rent payable as per sub-section (1), the landlord will have the option to terminate the tenancy as per section 21 of the Act.