This category focuses on laws governing apartments, group housing, and apartment owners’ associations, including ownership, maintenance, governance, and dispute resolution within apartment complexes.
Articles in this section draw from my litigation, advisory, and research experience in housing and real estate matters. I cover State apartment laws (especially Uttar Pradesh), AOA formation and functioning, builder obligations, maintenance issues, and regulatory overlaps affecting apartment governance.
In-depth commentary on Section 2 of the UP Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010. Covers scope, cooperatives as promoters, mixed-use and office projects, exclusions for malls and multiplexes, FAR and common areas, and key Supreme Court cases.
A Commentary on Section 1 of UP Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010 with frequently asked questions. Bare Text of Section 1 Section -1: Short title, extent and Commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership, and Maintenance) Act, 2010.(2) It extends to the whole … Read more
Download UP Apartment Act 2010 Law Manual Introduction Uttar Pradesh’s shift to apartment living has been driven by the rise of planned urban nodes such as Noida and Greater Noida, conceived under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 and administered by industrial development authorities that zoned large tracts for medium- and high-density group … Read more
Download compilatio of the UP Apartment Act 2010, Rules 2011 and Model Bye-Laws 2011. Introduction Apartment living in urban Uttar Pradesh is governed by a structured legal regime aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and self-governance among apartment owners. This framework comprises three critical documents: These documents collectively determine the rights of apartment owners, obligations of … Read more
Click here to Download the PDF File of the Uttar Pradesh (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010 [U.P. Act No. 16 of 2010] AN ACT to provide for the ownership of an individual apartment in a building of an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities appurtenant to such apartment and to … Read more
Introduction: The Uttar Pradesh Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act 2010 is one of the most progressive laws on apartment ownership which clearly demarcates the right, duties, and obligations of the Builder, Buyer and the Development Authorities w.r.t. to construction, ownership and maintenance of an apartment in a group housing and also the … Read more
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Introduction A Group of persons may form an association and give it a formal structure by registering it as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Under different statutes associations are mandatorily to be formed and be registered as a society. Such association are often referred as statutory associations. The affairs of such statutory … Read more
Introduction 1. Due to rising population clusters of large apartment buildings through Group Housing are developing in U.P. To regulate the construction of such Group Housing and apartments therein, help of mainly three legislations are taken which is U.P. Apartment (Promotiion of Construction, Ownership & maintenance) Act, 2010, Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 and … Read more
This article is specific to laws in Uttar Pradesh and also has a video presentation | Download eManual on Apartment Introduction As per the information available on the Website of U.P. RERA there are around 2800 registered Group Housing projects. Similarly, by an estimation, there would be around equal or more number of already existing … Read more
This article is specific to law in Uttar Pradesh and has a video presentation | Download eManual on Apartment Introduction The declaration is defined in Section 3 (m) of U.P. Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act 2010 to mean declaration referred to in Section 12 of the said Act. The contents of declaration … Read more
This article is specific to the law in Uttar Pradesh. The article has a video presentation. | Download eManual on Apartment Introduction The U.P. Government enacted U.P. Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010, (“2010 Act)”Statement of Objects and Reasons whereof are: “Housing is a basic human necessity and the quality of … Read more