A Bengaluru-based Reddit user has claimed that he and his flatmate were fined ₹5,000 by their residential society for allowing “girls (to stay) overnight” at their flat. Sharing a screenshot of the invoice, the man questioned whether any legal remedy was available to challenge the society’s action.

Mathrubhumi English has not independently verified the authenticity of the post.

According to his post, the housing society enforces a rule that bars bachelors from hosting overnight guests, while families face no such restrictions.

“Basically our society has a rule that bachelors are not allowed to have guests overnight but no restriction for family. We pay the same maintenance and everything,” he wrote. Reddit post shared by the user

The invoice, dated November 1, imposed the ₹5,000 pen

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