Mumbai housing society asks couple for marriage certificate to rent flat

A Mumbai housing society allegedly asked a married couple to produce their marriage certificate before renting a ₹1 lakh-a-month 3BHK flat in the city's western suburbs.

The demand was shared in a viral X post, sparking debate over privacy and housing discrimination in cooperative housing societies.

The couple had already undergone police verification and submitted identity documents, leading critics to call the request an invasion of privacy.

Some defended the society's tenant verification norms, noting that such requests are not uncommon in Mumbai societies that rent only to families.