Gujarat RERA Orders Builders To Install Boards Displaying Complete Project Details At Sites

The Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) has issued a general order directing all builders to install detailed information boards and banners at every registered project site so that homebuyers can access complete and updated project details without relying solely on the RERA website. The Authority noted that many prospective buyers remain unaware of the existing practice where project information is accessed mainly through a QR code on the RERA registration certificate,...

Haryana RERA Dismisses Complaint Against Vatika Ltd After Complainant Fails To Show Proof Of Allotment

The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority recently dismissed a complaint seeking execution of a builder buyer agreement, allotment of a plot, possession and delayed possession charges for a Vatika project in Gurugram after holding that the complainant had not produced any evidence to show that a plot had ever been allotted.The matter was heard by a bench of Chairperson Arun Kumar, who noted that the complainant, Meenakshi Sharma, relied on an expression of interest and proof of payments made...

Punjab RERA Orders Omaxe Chandigarh Extension Developers To Pay Interest To Homebuyer For Five-Year Delay In Possession

The Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority has recently directed Omaxe Chandigarh Extension Developers to pay statutory interest to a homebuyer for a delay of more than five years in handing over possession of a flat in its project 'The Lake'. A coram of Member Arunvir Vashista held that the delay violated Section 18(1) of the RERA Act and that the homebuyer was entitled to interest from the promised date of possession until a valid offer is made after obtaining an occupation certificate. ...

Bombay High Court To Examine If Non-Advertised Project Need Mandatory RERA Registration

The Bombay High Court has stayed a Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal order requiring a builder to register two additional wings of its real estate project in Maharashtra, noting that the central issue of whether registration under Section 3 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act becomes mandatory when no units are advertised or offered for sale requires examination.Justice Arun R Pedneker made this observation on November 25, 2025 while issuing notice in the second appeals...

RERA Authorities Cannot Decide Title Disputes Or Issue Declarations and Injunctions Like Civil Court : Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has recently held that authorities and tribunals under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) cannot adjudicate title disputes between allottees or grant declaratory and injunctive reliefs, ruling that such powers lie exclusively with civil courts. Clarifying the limits of RERA jurisdiction, the court held that disputes concerning the validity of title instruments “is not a matter which the authorities under the RERA are empowered to adjudicate....

RERA Orders Not Decrees, Cannot Be Executed Through Civil Courts: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently ruled that an order passed by a Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) does not amount to a civil court decree and cannot be executed through civil execution proceedings, holding that RERA orders must be enforced only through the statutory recovery mechanism provided under the Act. A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna said the statutory scheme shows that RERA is a 'self-contained code' whose decisions do not conform to any of the requirements of a...

Punjab RERA Directs Omaxe New Chandigarh Developers To Refund Homebuyer's Money For Delayed Possession

Punjab Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising of Arunvir Vashista (Member) directed Omaxe New Chandigarh Developers to refund the amount paid by the homebuyer to purchase a flat in their project. Authority noted that builder had agreed to hand over possession by June 2019 under the terms of the agreement but failed to provide possession by the due date. Background Facts Homebuyer booked a flat in the builder's project named The Lake, Omaxe in August 2014....

Karnataka RERA Directs Ozone Realtors To Refund 1.49 Crore To Homebuyer Due To Delayed Possession

Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising of GR Reddy (Member) directed Ozone Realtors to refund Rs. 1.49 crore to the homebuyer for failing to deliver possession by the promised date in December 2021. Background Facts Homebuyer (Complainant) booked Flat in the builder's (Respondent) project named Ozone Polestar in 2018. They executed an Agreement of Sale on 16 February 2019 for a total sale consideration of Rs.2.16 crore. The homebuyer paid Rs.4.51...

Haryana RERA Directs Ocean Seven Buildtech To Refund Homebuyer's Payment After Deducting ₹25,000 Under Affordable Housing Policy

Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising of Phool Singh Saini (Member) clarified that when a homebuyer fails to comply with a payment demand in an Affordable Housing project, the builder may cancel the allotment only in accordance with clause 5(iii)(i) of the Affordable Group Housing Policy 2013. In such cases, the builder must refund the amount paid by the homebuyer after deducting Rs. 25,000. Background Facts Homebuyer (Complainant) was allotted a...

Haryana RERA Directs Emaar MGF To Refund Homebuyers After Delayed Possession Of Nearly 4 Years

Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising of Phool Singh Saini (Member) directed Emaar MGF to refund the amount paid by the homebuyers after the builder provided possession with a delay of about 3 years and 10 months. Authority also allowed the builder to deduct 10 percent of the basic sale consideration of the flat, which was Rs 94.60 lakh, since the complaint was filed almost five years after the offer of possession was issued. Background Facts ...

Allottees Already Granted Delay Interest Not Entitled For Additional Compensation; Haryana RERA

The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) Adjudicating Officer, Rajender Kumar, has held that an allottees who have already been awarded interest for delayed possession by the Authority are not entitled to claim any further compensation before the Adjudicating Officer. In the present case, the complainant approached the Authority seeking additional compensation from the builder, contending that the delay interest granted by the Authority on 28 September 2021 was...

Karnataka RERA Directs Casa Grande To Pay Interest For Delayed Possession

Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (“Authority”) bench comprising of G.R Reddy (Member) directed Casa Grande to pay delay interest to the homebuyer for a 1 year and 3 month delay in possession. The dispute involved the cancellation of the project's Occupancy Certificate by the Bengaluru municipal corporation after the homebuyer complained about plan deviations, which led the builder to approach the Karnataka High Court. Background Fact Homebuyer (Complainant) purchased a...