LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Monthly Digest: June 2026

High CourtsMadhya Pradesh High CourtRERA Cannot Demand 25-Year-Old Cooperative Society Records For Project Registration: Madhya Pradesh High CourtCase Title : M.P. Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Bhopal v. Shri Ji Builders and DevelopersCase Number : Writ Appeal No. 2857 of 2024Citation : 2026 LLBiz HC (MP) 47The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently has held that MP-RERA could not reject a real estate project registration application for non-production of a cooperative society's...

Promoter Cannot Use Grace Period After Missing Fit-Out Possession Deadline Under RERA: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on 8 June held that although the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 does not recognise “fit-out possession”, a promoter cannot rely on its own failure to hand over fit-out possession within the agreed timeline to invoke a contractual grace period and defer final possession. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh dismissed second appeals filed by Macrotech Developers Ltd. (formerly Bellissima Hi-Rise Builders Pvt. Ltd.) and upheld a Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate...

Bihar RERA Directs Redbrick Infrabuild To Refund ₹16 Lakh For Failure To Convey Marketable Title

The Bihar Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Bihar RERA) on 19 June directed Redbrick Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd. to refund Rs 16 lakh to a homebuyer after it found that the developer failed to convey a clear, marketable and legally transferable title in respect of a plot sold under its “Redbrick Empire” project. Inquiry Commissioner Sanjaya Kumar Singh held that Redbrick Infrabuild failed to discharge its obligation to transfer valid title, and observed that the buyer's inability to obtain mutation...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: June 22 - June 28, 2026

Nominal IndexM.P. Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Bhopal v. Shri Ji Builders and Developers, 2026 LLBiz HC (MP) 47Kiran Builders Pvt. Ltd. v. Kalpita Enclave Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 351Rajan Chandiramani v. Swadhinta Builders LLP & Connected Matters, 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 355The Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) & Anr. v. Union of India & Ors. and connected matters, 2026 LLBiz HC (KER) 108Greha Homes Pvt. Ltd. v. Kerala Real Estate...

Telangana RERA Fines Indo Qatar Projects ₹38.63 Lakh For Marketing Unregistered Projects

The Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TG RERA) has directed Indo Qatar Projects Pvt. Ltd. to pay a consolidated penalty of ₹38.63 lakh. The authority found that the company advertised and marketed multiple unregistered real estate projects. It also facilitated the sale of one project without obtaining registration as a real estate agent. A coram of Members Laxmi Narayana Jannu and K. Srinivasa Rao observed that registration is a mandatory pre-condition before a promoter undertakes any...

Kerala High Court To Examine K-RERA Order Requiring Registration Of Certain Projects Under 500 Sq. Metres

The Kerala High Court recently (June 22) admitted a writ petition challenging a Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA) order requiring registration of projects built on less than 500 square metres of land if they comprise more than eight units. The matter came up before Justice Gopinath P. The court admitted the petition and granted K-RERA time to obtain instructions. Greha Homes Pvt. Ltd., the petitioner, contends that its "Greha Five Elements" project, comprising 14 apartment...

RERA Registration Revocation Not A Panacea For Non-Compliance With Project Completion Orders: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the liberty granted to homebuyers to seek revocation of a project's registration does not foreclose their right to execute an order directing completion of the project through other modes available in law. Justice N.J. Jamadar delivered the ruling while allowing appeals filed by several allottees of the stalled "Shri Vallabh Residency" project in Kandivali (West), Mumbai. The court set aside a Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MahaREAT) order...

Virtual Office Spaces Treated As Intangible Property, Fall Outside RERA's Scope: Uttar Pradesh REAT

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has held that non-lockable or virtual office spaces fall outside the ambit of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. It ruled that the law governs physical real estate units and does not cover such intangible investment interests. The tribunal consequently set aside U.P. RERA's directions requiring Bhutani Group to execute conveyance deeds, hand over possession and pay delay interest. The ruling was delivered by a tribunal...

Refund Under Section 18 Limited to Sale Consideration, Not Statutory Charges: Maharashtra RERA

The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) on 15 June, held that a homebuyer's right to refund under Section 18 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 extends only to the amount paid towards the sale consideration of the unit and does not include stamp duty, registration charges or taxes paid to the Government. A Bench of Member Ravindra Deshpande allowed a complaint filed by allottees in the “Tycoons Square Avenue I Tower C” project against Tycoons Avanti...

RERA Redevelopment Registration Exemption Applies Only If Original Project Didn't Need Registration: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the exemption from registration available for renovation, repair or redevelopment projects under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 cannot be claimed where the original project itself was required to be registered under the law. Dismissing a batch of writ petitions filed by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) and its Project Director, the court upheld interim orders of the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (K-RERA). The...

RERA Cannot Demand 25-Year-Old Cooperative Society Records For Project Registration: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently has held that MP-RERA could not reject a real estate project registration application for non-production of a cooperative society's 25-year-old internal records when registered title documents and revenue records had already been produced. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal dismissed MP-RERA's appeal and upheld an earlier order directing the authority to process the registration application filed by Shri Ji...

TDR From Reserved Land Cannot Defeat Deemed Conveyance Rights Of Societies: Bombay High Court

On 18 June, the Bombay High Court upheld the grant of deemed conveyance in favour of three housing societies in Mumbai, holding that compensation or Transferable Development Rights (TDR) arising from acquisition of land reserved for a municipal market and a primary school cannot be treated as development potential of a residential layout so as to delay conveyance. Justice Sandeep V. Marne partly allowed a writ petition filed by Kiran Builders Pvt. Ltd. challenging the deemed conveyance order,...