India, Dec. 4 -- A Bengaluru-based Reddit user has revealed that he and his flatmate were fined Rs.5,000 by their residential society because "girls stayed overnight" at their flat. The Bengaluru man shared a screenshot of the invoice raised by their society and wondered whether any legal action could be taken against them.

In his Reddit post, the man explained that his housing society has a rule stating that bachelors cannot have guests staying overnight. However, there are no such restrictions for families.

"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 said.

In an invoice dated November 1, the society fined him a...