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LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Weekly Digest: March 29- April 4, 2026
NOMINAL INDEXRare Townships Private Limited v. Mitul Gada, 2026 LLBiz HC(BOM) 173Smt. Deepa R. v. Rajiv Raghavan Pillai, 2026 LLBiz REAT (MH) 20Shri T. Kiran Kumar v. The Secretary, ORERA, 2026 LLBiz REAT (OD) 21Avtar Singh Guleria Versus Signature Infrabuild Private Limited, 2026 LLBiz RERA(HR) 62Col. Kanwar Ripu Sain Jaswal & Anr. v. M/s EMAAR India Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA(HR) 59Arpan Sarkar & Anr. v. Casa Grande Garden City Builders Pvt. Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA(KA) 61Promont...
LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Quarterly Digest: January - March 2026
Amendment Proposal Introduced in Lok SabhaCentre Proposes Penalty Instead Of 1 Year Jail For Allottees Violating RERA Appellate Tribunal Orders The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, has been introduced in the Lok Sabha as part of a broader legislative push to decriminalise offences and rationalise penalties across a range of laws. One of the changes relates to the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Section 68 of the Act currently allows for imprisonment of up to...
Odisha REAT Issues Document Checklist For Authorities To Determine Promoter Status Under RERA
The Odisha Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has set aside a 10 lakh penalty imposed on T. Kiran Kumar, holding that a person cannot be treated as a “promoter” under the real estate law without documentary evidence and directing the Authority to rely on specific records before fixing liability. A bench of Chairperson Justice P. Patnaik and members S.K. Rajguru and Dr. B.K. Das held that liability cannot rest solely on inspection reports. Referring to the absence of ownership records, development...
Mere OC Application Not Project Completion; No 'Zero Period' For Delay In Possession: Haryana REAT
The Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (HREAT) has recently held that mere application for an Occupation Certificate does not amount to completion of a project and that time taken by authorities to process such approval cannot be automatically treated as a “zero period” enabling developers to escape liability. Upholding a refund of Rs 79,31,700 payable with interest by Landmark Apartments Pvt. Ltd. to homebuyers Hari Ram and Nisha Gupta, the coram of Chairman Justice Rajan Gupta and...
LiveLawBiz RERA Cases Monthly Digest: March 2026
Amendment Proposal Introduced in Lok SabhaCentre Proposes Penalty Instead Of 1 Year Jail For Allottees Violating RERA Appellate Tribunal Orders The Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, has been introduced in the Lok Sabha as part of a broader legislative push to decriminalise offences and rationalise penalties across a range of laws. One of the changes relates to the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. Section 68 of the Act currently allows for imprisonment of up to...
Maharashtra REAT Rejects Plea For Promoter Substitution In Lapsed RERA Project; Fresh Registration Only Remedy
The Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MahaREAT) has dismissed a plea seeking substitution of a promoter in a Goa-based real estate project, holding that such substitution cannot be permitted once the project's registration has expired and that the only remedy available is to seek fresh registration under the Act.A coram of Judicial Member Shriram R. Jagtap and Administrative Member Dr. Rajagopal Devara dismissed an appeal filed by Deepa R., proprietor of Engineers Club and purchaser of...
LiveLawBiz RERA Weekly Digest: March 23 - March 28, 2026
Nominal IndexM/s Galaxy Mall Private Limited v. Bharat Nagjibhai Ramani & Anr., 2026 LLBiz REAT (GJ) 18Tulip Infratech Private Limited v. Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Gurugram, 2026 LLBiz REAT (HR) 19M/s Park Town Complex Pvt. Ltd. v. Sanjay Kumar, 2026 LLBiz REAT (UP) 17Harjeet Kaur Dhillon & Anr. v. M/s Imperia Structures Ltd., 2026 LLBiz RERA (HR) 57Mugundhine v. M/s Cybercity Mangadu Project Pvt. Ltd. & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA (TN) 56REAL ESTATE APPELLATE...
Unregistered FAR Not By Itself A RERA Violation Without Sale Or Marketing: Haryana REAT
The Haryana Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (HREAT) on Friday held that the mere existence of unutilised or unregistered FAR in a real estate project does not, by itself, constitute a violation of Section 3 of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, in the absence of any evidence of actual marketing, sale, or booking. It reduced a late fee imposed on Tulip Infratech Private Limited from Rs 1,75,87,714 to Rs 75,00,000 as excessive and disproportionate. A coram of Chairman Justice...
Gujarat REAT Sets Aside RERA Order, Says No Jurisdiction Over Project Phase Completed Before RERA Act
The Gujarat Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) has quashed an order of the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), holding that even though the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, is consumer-centric, the Authority had no jurisdiction to entertain a complaint relating to a project phase that had obtained a completion certificate before the Act came into force on May 1, 2017. A coram of Chairman Justice R.M. Chhaya and members Ram Kumar (Technical &...
UP REAT Sets Aside RERA Refund Order, Says Reply Opportunity Must Be Formally Closed Before Decision On Merits
The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT) at Lucknow has recently held that while the right of a party to file a reply may be closed if they fail to do so despite sufficient opportunities, such a right must be expressly and formally closed by the authority before proceeding to decide the case on merits. A coram of Judicial Member Sanjai Khare and Technical Member Devindar Singh Chaudhry set aside a refund order of the U.P. Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) and observed that:...
LiveLawBiz RERA Weekly Digest: March 15 - March 21, 2026
NOMINAL INDEXVankadari Aniruddha Vaishnav & Anr. v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & Anr., 2026 LLBiz REAT (KA) 15Neelam Jain & Anr. v. ARG CG Developers LLP, 2026 LLBiz REAT (RJ) 14R. Jagan Kumar v. Selene Estate Limited, 2026 LLBiz RERA (TN) 55Balwan Singh v. Housing Board Haryana & Anr., 2026 LLBiz RERA (HR) 54Bellana Bangaru Naidu v. Hayagreeva Farms and Developers & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA (AP) 53Manpreet Singh v. Udit Jain & Ors., 2026 LLBiz RERA (PB)...
Builder Cannot Cite Financial Hardship To Convert Residential Project To Commercial Use: Karnataka REAT
The Karnataka Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has held that commercial hardship or difficulty in obtaining approvals does not amount to frustration of contract, setting aside a RERA order and ruling that Italix Living Spaces Pvt. Ltd. could not change a residential project to commercial use after dismantling the structure during pending complaints.In its decision dated March 11, 2026, the tribunal set aside a previous order passed by the Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) that had...