The Supreme Court (SC) has instructed Lodha Crown Buildmart, a division of the real estate developer Macrotech Developers (Lodha), to reimburse Rs 2.25 crore to a homebuyer within a year, alongside a simple interest … READ FULL STORY
September 25,2023: In a bid to prevent multiplicity of proceedings and contradictory judgments on the same issue between the same parties, a complaint filed under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (Rera) cannot … READ FULL STORY
To safeguard the interests of consumers in India and to protect them against unfair practices, a national body under the Consumer Protection Act has been formed. This quasi-judicial body is the National Consumer Disputes … READ FULL STORY
Case Study 1: Ranjeet Kumar, a home buyer in Noida, had filed a case against a builder in the District Consumer Commission. His purchase cost was Rs 40 lakhs and, hence, the case was … READ FULL STORY
Real estate developer Unitech on October 27, 2021, appointed Ashok Kumar Yadav as its chief executive officer (CEO). The decision to appoint Yadav, a retired IAS officer of Haryana Cadre, was taken after a … READ FULL STORY
Home buyers in India have multiple platforms where they can register their complaints against developers, in case of any misdemeanour or offence. These include civil courts, consumer courts and the latest dedicated platform, the … READ FULL STORY
After the implementation of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (RERA), home buyers are optimistic that the new law will protect their interests. However, the moot question is, whether people know how to … READ FULL STORY
Builders cannot use force majeure clause to get away with dereliction of duty: NCDRC May 28, 2021: Real estate developers cannot cite the force majeure clause to avoid paying refund to home buyers, when … READ FULL STORY
Amid a remarkable change in the way products and services are marketed, sold and delivered in an ecosystem that relies heavily on technology, India repealed its three-decade old consumer protection law to launch an … READ FULL STORY
A division bench of the High Court of Delhi (High Court) by judgment dated September 4, 2019 in Messrs M3M India Private Limited & Anr v. Dr Dinesh Sharma & Anr (CM (M) 1244 … READ FULL STORY
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has directed a real estate builder to refund, within four weeks, Rs 3.4 crores received from four home buyers, along with compensation, saying that they cannot be … READ FULL STORY
Apex consumer commission NCDRC has directed a real estate developer to refund over Rs 4 crore along with interest to its customer, saying complainants cannot be made to wait indefinitely for possession. The National … READ FULL STORY
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has asked Unitech Limited to pay, within six weeks, an amount of Rs 58,41,623 along with a compensation of simple interest at the rate of 10 per … READ FULL STORY
