Bombay High Court Issues Contempt Notices To Mumbai Collector Tahsildar Over MahaRERA Recovery Warrants

The Bombay High Court on 10 July initiated contempt proceedings against the Collector of Mumbai and Tahsildar Dilip Rayannavar after finding prima facie non-compliance with its directions on execution of Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) recovery warrants. A Division Bench of Justices A. S. Gadkari and Kamal Khata issued show-cause notices under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, holding that the Collector failed to comply with the direction to file a personal...

Housing Society Member Seeking Additional Area In Redevelopment Is Not RERA Allottee: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has recently ruled that original members of a housing society who sought additional area in a redevelopment project on payment did not become "allottees" under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA) merely because they soufght excess area. It restored a civil suit filed by members of a Goregaon housing society after holding that the grievances raised in the plaint, including allegations of fraudulent allotment, suppression of sanctioned plans and...

RERA Cannot Treat Temple Deity and Registered Trust As Separate Entities: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld an order directing registration of a residential-cum-commercial project proposed by Shankar Ji Maharaj Trust after ruling that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) could not reject the application by treating the temple deity and the registered public trust managing the temple's affairs as separate entities. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal upheld the Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal's...

LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: June 29 - July 5, 2026

Nominal IndexMacrotech Developers Ltd. v. Suryakant Yashwant Jadhav & Ors., 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM) 358 Emaar India Limited v. Poonam Goel & Ors. and connected matters, 2026 LLBiz REAT(HR) 41 Anil Kumar Kurra v. M/s Adarsh Nivas Pvt. Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA(KA) 113 Madhu Mishra v. M/s Redbrick Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA(BR) 112 Gopishetty Sreenivas v. M/s Suchirindia Infratech Private Limited & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA(TS) 114High CourtBombay High CourtPromoter Cannot Use Grace...

LiveLawBiz RERA Half-Yearly Digest: January - June, 2026

Supreme CourtSupreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Jaypee Used “Facade” Deals To Divert ₹13,833 Crore Homebuyer FundsCase Title: VANDANA SABHARWAL VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS.Case Number: Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).661/2026Citation : 2026 LLBiz SC 213The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a writ petition alleging that Rs. 13,833 crore out of Rs. 14,599 crore collected from homebuyers by the Jaypee Group was diverted through transfers to group entities and undervalued...

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...

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...

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,...