Legal actions that can be taken against a broker who is not hired by the owner
It does not matter whether the broker is hired by the owner or not hired by the owner. As the broker has cheated you, so you can file a complaint to the nearest Police station, as per Cheating in India (section 415 of IPC) & S.420 of IPC (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property). Illustration of cheating with the help of an example, is mentioned below:- Broker rented YOU a Flat. Broker , intentionally deceived YOU into believing that the Flat belonged to X, & X has made him the broker and thereby induced you to pay the brokerage amount to him. BROKER has committed the crime of cheating. The points which amounts to the offence of cheating 1. The accused must deceive another person 2. The person so deceived should be induced to deliver any property to any person, or 3. The person so deceived should be intentionally induced to do or at times, not to do an activity. There are two classes of acts which the person deceived may be induced to do. Firstly he may be induce