{
  "id": 15709891,
  "title": "Maharashtra Housing Society Rules: Can Managing Committees Levy Maintenance Charges Beyond Approved Resolutions?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/maharashtra-housing-society-rules-can-managing-committees-levy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T05:37:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-housing-society-rules-can-managing-committees-levy-maintenance-charges-beyond-approved-resolutions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Q. I stay in a non-gated society which has 16 independent houses. Our common expenses come to around Rs1.5 lakh per annum (pa). However, the managing committee charges Rs20,000 per house as yearly maintenance charges, which come to around Rs3.2 lakh pa. What shall be the basis for annual maintenance charges? Shailesh Khire, Chembur A. The charges shown in the maintenance bill have to be in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}