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Ralas and Chopda Builders & Ors v Jeevan Vihar Residents Welfare Society 2026 LLBiz HC (CHH) 4
M s Pareena Infrastructure Pvt Ltd v Mabood Aryaman 2026 LLBiz REAT (HR) 6
Alpha Corp Development Private Limited v Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority Panchkula 2026 LLBiz REAT (HR) 7
Venkata Krishna Moorthy Kavaturu v M s Ramanuja Temple County Pvt Ltd 2026 LLBiz RERA (TS) 23
High Court
Chattisgarh High Court
Case Title : Ralas and Chopda Builders & Ors. v. Jeevan Vihar Residents Welfare Society
Case Number : MA No. 49 of 2024
Citation : 2026 LLBiz HC (CHH) 4
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority has no jurisdiction to examine or question completion certificates issued by municipal authorities before May 1, 2017, when the substantive provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, came into force.
"Prima facie, a real estate project which has been certified as complete under the applicable municipal law prior to the enforcement of the RERA regime in the State of Chhattisgarh would fall outside the regulatory fold of RERA”, the court said.
The ruling was delivered by a Division Bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad, which set aside an order of the Chhattisgarh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal that had refused to dismiss an appeal at the threshold despite objections on jurisdiction.
Allowing the appeal, the High Court held that “At the threshold, and for the limited purpose of determining the maintainability of proceedings under the RERA Act, the Authority does not possess jurisdiction to scrutinize, test, or pronounce upon the issuance, validity, correctness, or legal effect of Completion Certificates granted under the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961, read with the Rules of 2013, so long as such certificates remain in force and have not been declared illegal by a competent forum.”
Real Estate Appellate Tribunal
Haryana REAT
Case Title: M/s Pareena Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. v. Mabood Aryaman
Case Number : Appeal No. 577 of 2025
Citation : 2026 LLBiz REAT (HR) 6
The Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) has dismissed an appeal by Pareena Infrastructure Private Limited and upheld a compensation award in favour of a homebuyer, holding that a refund with interest does not bar a separate claim for compensation.
A bench comprising member Chairman Justice Rajan Gupta and members Dr. Virender Parshad and Dinesh Singh Chauhan held that compensation for financial loss and mental agony under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, is an independent remedy.
“Thus, the present proceedings arise under a distinct statutory provision concerning compensation and are independent in nature. The claim for compensation is therefore not hit by the principle of res judicata, as it is not grounded on the same cause of action but represents a separate relief that the Act itself recognizes under Section 71", it held.
Misleading Averments Before Tribunal Cannot Go Unchecked: Haryana REAT Dismisses Alpha Corp Appeal
Case Title: Alpha Corp. Development Private Limited v. Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Panchkula
Case Number : Appeal No. 102 of 2025
Citation : 2026 LLBiz REAT (HR) 7
The Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has warned that misleading averments and false affidavits filed before it “cannot be permitted to go unchecked” and would ordinarily invite punitive action.
The caution came while dismissing an appeal filed by Alpha Corp Development Private Limited, after the tribunal found that the developer had made “wholly incorrect and misleading” statements in an affidavit concerning the status of a completion certificate for one of its projects.
A bench comprising Chairman Justice Rajan Gupta, Judicial Member Virender Parshad, and Technical Member Dinesh Singh Chauhan said it had noticed that appeals were increasingly being filed with incorrect statements, often supported by affidavits sworn despite awareness of the true factual position.
“The person swearing a false affidavit must be held accountable for attempting to mislead a quasi-judicial forum,” the tribunal observed.
Real Estate Regulatory Authority
Telangana RERA
Telengana RERA Penalises Ramanuja Temple County ₹32.12 Lakh For Selling Unregistered Project
Case Title: Venkata Krishna Moorthy Kavaturu v. M/s Ramanuja Temple County Pvt. Ltd.
Case Number : Complaint No. 256/2025/TG RERA
Citation : 2026 LLBiz RERA (TS) 23
Relying on findings recorded in an earlier adjudication that the developer's conduct was not an isolated lapse but a “continuing modus operandi” undermining transparency and consumer protection, the Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 32.12 lakh on Ramanuja Temple County Pvt. Ltd. for advertising, marketing, and selling units without registering its project.
In a February 3, 2026, penalty order, a coram comprising Chairperson Dr. N. Satyanarayana, IAS, and Members K. Srinivasa Rao, Laxmi Narayana Jannu held the developer liable after earlier finding that it had sold units in an unregistered project. The finding was recorded in an adjudication order dated November 3, 2025, relating to a project at Saidapur village near Yadagirigutta.
While examining the complaint, the Authority noted that the developer had collected substantial amounts and had initially made monthly payments under a rental guarantee scheme, even though the project was never registered with the regulator.
Having already held in its earlier order that such conduct amounted to a “clear and willful contravention” of Section 3(1) of the Act, the Authority, in its February 3, 2026 order, exercised its powers under Section 38 and directed the developer to deposit a penalty of Rs 32,12,580 with the TGRERA Fund within 30 days.