RERA
Karnataka RERA Directs Thills To Pay ₹7 Lakh For Concealing Land Litigation From Homebuyers
The Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) on 18 July held that a real estate developer's failure to disclose pending litigation over project land before executing a sale deed amounts to suppression of a material fact, entitling homebuyers to compensation for loss of opportunity and mental agony. Adjudicating Officer Smt. Maheshwari S. Hiremath directed Thills (formerly known as Jaganmata Property Developers Private Limited) to pay Rs. 7 lakh as compensation to two homebuyers after...
Homebuyer Can't Club Distinct Disputes In One Writ, Must Approach Competent Forums: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on 10 July held that a homebuyer cannot invoke the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution to combine distinct grievances arising under different statutory regimes when specialised statutory forums provide the appropriate remedy. A Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan dismissed six writ petitions filed by homebuyer Parvez concerning the Aavisa Golf Township project, holding that disputes relating to consumer...
Karnataka Apartment Bill Gives Flat Owners Ownership Rights Over Project Land
A proposed Karnataka law seeks to expressly recognise apartment owners' proportionate ownership rights over the land on which their project stands. It would also require those rights to be reflected in revenue records, khata, and mutation registers.The Karnataka Apartment (Ownership and Management) Bill, 2025, would replace the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 and the Karnataka Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1972.Unlike...
LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: July 20 - July 25, 2026
Nominal IndexM/s Aliens Developers Private Limited v Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority & Anr, 2026 LLBiz REAT(TS) 49Rakesh Kumar Sharma v Union of India & Ors, 2026 LLBiz REAT(RJ) 47Air Force Naval Housing Board v Sukhveer Singh Shekhawat (and connected matters), 2026 LLBiz REAT(RJ) 48M/s ODI-Tech Properties Pvt Ltd v Oditech Pride Buyers Association & Ors, 2026 LLBiz REAT(OD) 50M/s Bennett Property Holdings Company Ltd v M/s PNB Techwaves Pvt Ltd & Ors, 2026 LLBiz...
OREAT Upholds ORERA Order Directing Developer To Maintain Common Areas Without Charges Until Handover
The Odisha Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (OREAT) has upheld an Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA) order directing ODI-Tech Properties Pvt. Ltd. to maintain the common areas of its 'Oditech Pride' housing project without collecting maintenance charges from homebuyers. It held that the developer must continue to do so until management is handed over to the Oditech Pride Buyers Association. "The learned ORERA's direction to the appellant to maintain the common areas without...
Registration Extension Cannot Change Contractual Possession Date In Sale Agreements: Maharashtra RERA
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) on 20 July held that extension of a real estate project's registration does not change the possession date agreed between a promoter and homebuyers in a registered agreement for sale, and any modification to the possession date must be made through a registered deed. Member Mahesh Pathak partly allowed a batch of 26 complaints filed by homebuyers against Pune-based Mont Vert Elegance's "Mont Vert Belcreek" project, rejecting the...
Tamil Nadu RERA Holds JDA Disputes Outside RERA Jurisdiction, Rejects Bennett Property's Complaint
The Tamil Nadu Real Estate Regulatory Authority (TNRERA) on 15 July held that disputes arising from Joint Development Agreements (JDAs), their cancellation, business transfer arrangements and consequential construction agreements do not fall within its jurisdiction where they essentially concern commercial, monetary and development rights. Such disputes must be adjudicated by the Commercial Courts. Adjudicating Officer Tmt. N. Uma Maheswari dismissed the complaint filed by Bennett Property...
Voluntary Flat Booking Cancellation Does Not End Homebuyer's Allottee Status Until Full Refund: Telangana REAT
The Telangana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has held that a homebuyer who voluntarily cancels a flat booking does not lose the status of an allottee merely because a cancellation deed has been executed.It held that the allottee continues to retain that status until the developer refunds the entire agreed-upon amount.A bench of Chairperson Justice A. Santhosh Reddy, Judicial Member P. Pradeep Kumar Reddy and Administrative Member Vemula Sreekar upheld the Telangana Real Estate Regulatory...
Rajasthan REAT Rejects AFNHB's Plea To Pay 3% Delay Interest Instead Of RERA Rate For No-Profit Housing Project
The Rajasthan Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has recently refused to allow the Air Force Naval Housing Board (AFNHB) to pay homebuyers delay interest at 3% instead of the statutory rate, reiterating that, as a registered promoter under RERA, it cannot deviate from the Rajasthan Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Rules, 2017. A bench of Chairperson Justice Madan Gopal Vyas and Judicial Member Yudhishthir Sharma dismissed four cross-appeals filed by AFNHB and two allottees. It upheld the...
RERA Doesn't Give Homebuyers Right To Insist On Preferred Flat Or Block: Rajasthan REAT
The Rajasthan Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has held that the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 does not confer any statutory right upon an allottee to insist on allotment of a preferred apartment, block or location. It held that such entitlement depends on the contractual terms agreed between the parties. A Bench of Chairperson Justice Madan Gopal Vyas and Judicial Member Yudhishthir Sharma dismissed an appeal filed by Rail Vihar Phase-III homebuyer Rakesh Kumar Sharma...
UP RERA Issues Fresh Guidelines For Stalled Projects, Clarifies Refund Liability
The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP RERA) has recently reissued fresh guidelines governing refund claims in stalled housing projects. It has clarified that a group of allottees or a competent authority completing such projects will not be liable to satisfy refund orders passed earlier against the original promoter.It also withdraws the authority's earlier Office Order dated June 20, 2023. In its place, the Authority has laid down a revised framework governing refund claims and...
LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: July 13 - July 18, 2026
Nominal IndexNavaratan Jhunjhunwala & Anr. v. Karnataka Real Estate Appellate Tribunal & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC(KAR) 119Sneha Sachhanand Tejwani v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC (BOM) 394Reeta Structurals Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Manmath Kumar Pradhan & Anr., 2026 LLBiz REAT (OD) 44Bhawani Construction Pvt. Ltd. v. Odisha Real Estate Regulatory Authority (ORERA), 2026 LLBiz REAT (OD) 45M/s. Adarsh Nivaas Private Limited v. Anil Kumar Kurra & Anr., 2026 LLBiz REAT...