This category focuses on property and real estate regulation, including transactions, development controls, housing disputes, and legal risks in land and built assets, practice before RERA and REAT forums.
Articles in this section draw from my experience in real estate litigation and advisory work. I cover property documentation, title and possession disputes, development regulations, apartment governance, and practical remedies before courts and authorities.
The above question is asked many a time during elections of apartment owners associations in group housing societies in Noida and Ghaziabad. As per the Model Bye-laws under the U.P. Apartment Act, only apartment owners can be members of the association of apartment owners. Download UP Apartment laws eManual Who is an apartment owner? As … Read more
Download UP Apartment laws eManual When it comes to the U.P. Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act 2010 (“the Act”) then the case titled M/s Designarch Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. v. Vice-Chairman, Ghaziabad Development Authority & Ors. is the landmark authority so far. Below is the summary conclusion of the judgment. It … Read more
In a recent judgement passed by Maharashtra RERA Appellate tribunal[1] against the real estate builder confirmed that the arbitrary and one-sided interpretations make the contractual transaction unfair and unreasonable. According to the tribunal, forfeiture of the booking amount is improper and against the provisions of RERA Act, 2016 and for this reason, the builder was … Read more
Best Legal Practice to Execute RERA Order in Uttar Pradesh This article contains video explanation. Watch video How to execute UPRERA Order? Under the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act 2016 (“the RERA Act) it is provided that if the Promoter is unable to deliver the Flat or Plot to the Allottee as per the … Read more
How to file appeal in UP Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (REAT)? An appeal is challenging of an order of a lower court/ authority. Under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (“RERA Act”) there are two levels of Appeals. The first appeal is filed before the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (“REAT”). The second appeal … Read more
Adherence to sanctioned plans and project specifications by the promoters under RERA. Rights of the Buyers & Obligation of the Promoter. The RERA Act provides that a proposed project shall be developed and completed by the promoter in accordance with the sanctioned plans, layout plans and specifications as approved by the competent authorities. Also, if … Read more
Obligations of promoter regarding veracity of the advertisement or prospectus Where any person makes an advance or a deposit on the basis of the information contained in the notice advertisement or prospectus, or on the basis of any model apartment, plot or building, as the case may be, and sustains any loss or damage by … Read more
Download UP Apartment laws eManual Registration of an association of apartment owners is important for the uninterrupted maintenance of any housing society. It provides a platform to the apartment owners to raise their grievance regarding any issue in the society. Uttar Pradesh government has made it compulsory to register an Apartment Owners Association (hereinafter referred … Read more
The law i.e. the Uttar Pradesh Apartment (promotion of construction ownership and Maintenance) Act 2010 mandates that it shall be the joint responsibility of the builder/ promoter and the apartment owners to form the association, however, in practice the builders are most reluctant to form an association of apartment owners as same will take away the right to manage the common areas and facilities and money collected for that. Under such circumstances when the builder is not forming the association of apartment owners then the buyer can form the AOA on their own. The article has a youtube video presentation.
A co-owner has right to cast vote and contest for the post in the board of management if remaining co-owner(s) have no objection, either expressly or impliedly. It is immaterial whether the name of the co-owners is mentioned at first, second or at any serial in the list of owners in the conveyance deed.
he Section 71 of the Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act 2016 empowers only the adjudicating officers to award compensation. As per the rulings of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, interest and damages is also compensation. Hence, those complaints which are filed under section 31 of the RERA Act, 2016 demanding refund plus interest should only be adjudicated by the Adjudicating Officers and not by the Chairperson and members of the RERA. The refund plus interest orders passed by the RERA so far are without jurisdiction hence, null and void.
Constitution Bench of Supreme Court of India in Smt. Damyanti Naranga Vs. The Union of India and Ors. (1971) 1 SCC 678 , which had approved the exposition in G.K. Ghose and Anr. Vs. E.X. Joseph (1963) Supp. 3 SCR 789 had held that … Read more