Telangana RERA Fines Green Space Properties ₹22.05 Lakh For Unregistered Plot Sales

The Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (the Authority) on 24 February held that a developer advertising, marketing, or selling plots without obtaining mandatory registration under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, is liable for penalty. A Bench comprising Chairperson Dr. N. Satyanarayana, IAS (Retd.), and Members Sri K. Srinivasa Rao and Sri Laxmi Narayana Jannu imposed a penalty of Rs. 22.05 lakhs on Green Space Properties for violating the Act. The Bench...

Tamil Nadu RERA Orders Casagrand Millenia to Pay Rs. 3 Lakh for Mental Agony Over Delayed Possession

The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (the Authority) on 10 February, held that a homebuyer is entitled to compensation for mental agony caused by delayed possession and directed Casagrand Millenia to pay Rs. 3 Lakh. The Authority also awarded Rs. 50,000 towards litigation costs. Adjudicating Officer Tmt. N. Uma Maheswari observed: “There is no use of executing the sale deed alone in favour of the complainants without handing over the booked unit to them. Ex.A3 — The Construction...

Haryana RERA Holds NBCC Liable To Compensate Shop Owner For Property Loss, Interiors & Mental Agony

The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Authority) has held that a buyer compelled to vacate a commercial unit due to structural defects is entitled to compensation for loss of property appreciation, interior work expenses, mental agony, and litigation costs, in addition to refund of the purchase price, with interest. A Bench of Adjudicating Officer Rajender Kumar directed National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd. (NBCC) to pay Rs. 16.50 Lakhs towards loss of appreciation, Rs. 2...

Homebuyer Cannot Claim Refund Of Club Fee Included In Sale Agreement: Himachal Pradesh RERA

The Himachal Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Authority) held that club membership charges clearly included in the Agreement for Sale form part of the agreed cost of the flat, and no refund can be claimed merely because the membership was allegedly optional. A Bench comprising Chairperson R.D. Dhiman and Member Vidur Mehta, dismissed the complaint filed by the homebuyer, who had sought refund of Rs. 25,000 charged by the builder towards club membership, holding that...

Karnataka RERA Orders Ozone Developers Group To Refund ₹1.10 Crore To Homebuyer Over Possession Delay

The Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority has recently held that a developer in this case could not deduct 20 percent of the amount paid by a homebuyer after failing to deliver possession within the agreed timeline. A coram of Member G.R. Reddy directed Ozone Developers Pvt Ltd and Ozone Urbana Infra Developers Pvt Ltd to refund about 1.10 crore rupees to a homebuyer who had booked an apartment in the project “Urbana Pavilion” in Bengaluru The Authority observed, “It is undisputed fact...

Deemed Conveyance Orders Passed Before 2025 Amendment Of MOFA Remain Valid: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on 23 February held that deemed conveyance orders under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act (MOFA), 1963, issued prior to the Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025, remain valid and cannot be reopened merely because the amendment now aligns deemed conveyance in RERA-registered projects with completion of the last building in a layout. Dismissing a challenge by the developer, a Single Bench comprising Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh upheld a 2023...

Bathinda Development Authority To Refund ₹13.25 L To Allottee, Arbitration Clause No Bar: Punjab RERA

The Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (the Authority) on 19 February, held that the existence of an arbitration clause or a statutory bar under State law does not oust its jurisdiction under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, and that in the absence of a valid Completion Certificate and completion of development works, an allottee is entitled to refund with interest for delay in handing over possession. The RERA, comprising Member Binod Kumar Singh, directed the...

Tamil Nadu RERA Orders Registration Of Prestige Silver Springs As An 'Ongoing' Project

The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TN RERA) on 4 February, directed Prestige South City Holdings to register the project “Prestige Silver Springs” under RERA within 60 days, holding that where villas remained incomplete when the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 came into force, the project must be treated as an “ongoing project” requiring registration under Section 3. A Bench comprising Chairperson Shiv Das Meena with Members Dr. L. Subramanian and M....

Builders Cannot Charge Labour Cess Or Work Contract Tax from Homebuyers: Haryana RERA

The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HARERA) has recently reiterated that builders cannot recover labour cess or work contract tax from homebuyers. The authority also directed Ocean Seven Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. to pay interest to buyers for the delay in handing over flats in its Expressway Towers project in Sector 109, Gurugram.Chairman Arun Kumar observed that such charges cannot be passed on to buyers. “The allottee is neither an employer nor a contractor, and labour cess is not a tax...

LiveLawBiz RERA Monthly Digest: February 2026

Nominal IndexRalas and Chopda Builders & Ors. v. Jeevan Vihar Residents Welfare Society, 2026 LLBiz HC (CHH) 4The State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors. v. Naresh Sharma, 2026 LLBiz SC 61The Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority v. M/s Malwa Vanaspati and Chemicals Co. Ltd. & Anr., 2026 LLBiz SC 80Embassy One Developers Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Karnataka & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (KAR) 19MP Real Estate Regulatory Authority v. Briddhi Real Estate Pvt. Ltd. and Others, 2026 LLBiz HC...

Even Appeal Against Consequential Execution Order Requires Full Decretal Deposit Under RERA : UP REAT

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) has recently held that where a decree has attained finality between the parties, a promoter cannot maintain an appeal against a consequential order passed in execution proceedings without first depositing the entire decretal amount, including interest, as mandated under the proviso to Section 43(5) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Dismissing the appeal filed by Uppal Chadha Hi-Tech Developers Private Limited, a...

Non-Registration Of Ongoing Project Does Not Bar RERA Or Hinder Allottee Rights: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on 20 February held that a developer's failure to mandatorily register a housing project cannot be invoked to challenge RERA's jurisdiction, and cannot deprive allottees of statutory relief. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO), observing that once a project is compulsorily registrable under Section 3(1) of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, complaints by allottees are...