Builders often drag flat purchasers through a series of litigation to discourage them from approaching courts. National Consumer Commission is discouraging such practice. “Also, it is to be noted that the revisional powers of the National Commission are derived from Section 21 (b) of the Act, under which the said power can be…
Kalpit Mankikar | TNN | Feb 2, 2015, 04.44 AM IST MUMBAI: In many old societies, senior citizens owned flats but would not show interest, and associate members were barred from participating in managing committee proceedings. Section 2 (19) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act says an associate member jointly holds a share of the…
In their order dt. 7 October 2016, The NCDRC has passed a detailed order interpreting Section 12(1)(C) of the Consumer Protection Act, allowing home buyers who have invested in a project to be automatically made party to any case filed against a builder. Referred to as a representative lawsuit, this can only be done…
Builder constructs illegal flat on car parking area and sells it The Maharashtra State Consumer Commission has ordered Shreekrishna Developers – a builder to pay to a buyer – the complainant Rs 26 lakh, the 2012 (year of filing the complaint) value of a 525 sq feet flat in the vicinity. The buyer who…
NON JUDICIAL STAMP PAPERS DO NOT HAVE ANY EXPIRY PERIOD BEING USED FOR A DOCUMENT Supreme Court The Supreme Court has held that there is no expiry period for use of Non Judicial…
A large number of cases are coming up in various Consumer Fora against the builders. They tend to take matters very lightly and tend to disobey them….. I am reproducing an order of the State Commission, Maharashtra. The concerned builder was sent to jail for three years, unless he complies with the order before…
The Consumer Forums are taking a much needed tough stand against erring builders who think they are above the law and are resorting to all kinds of unfair and illegal practices… Swati Deshpande| TNN | Updated: Sep 23, 2016, 08.08 AM IST MUMBAI: The Maharashtra State Consumer Commission has come to the…
One Avigna Park, the first cluster development project in Mumbai……….in serious trouble…………….. Mumbai: FIR against builder for FSI fraud that cost govt Rs 2,000 cr Cops registered FIR against directors of the firm that constructed the 61-storey super luxury project — One Avighna Park at Currey Road — for allegedly forging… MID-DAY.COM Read the entire…
Supreme Court quashes Singur land acquisition for Tata Nano Project in West Bengal 31 August 2016 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the land acquired by the previous Left Front government in West Bengal for Tata’s Nano car project, saying due processes and procedures were not followed. The land was acquired in…
MOFA Act, 1963 is a powerful Act with stringent provisions against erring builders. The various provisions contain imprisonment of 3 years, and fine, etc. In certain circumstances involving breach of trust, the sentence of imprisonment can go upto five years.. The offences are both cognizable as well as non bailable. For the first…
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