The Hon’ble Supreme Court has followed the strict approach while dealing with the issue of limitation period of 45 days in filing reply for the complaint as stipulated under the Section 13(1)(a) of the Act.
Supreme Court rules that remedies under RERA and Consumer can be pursued by a buyer and one does not bar another. The same has been done in the matter of “M/S Imperial Structures Ltd vs Anil Patni and another”.
As per the judgment of the NCDRC, class action complaint can be filed under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 and it is not necessary for all the aggrieved persons to file separate complaints.
Builder-buyer disputes are not a new phenomenon in India. Many buyers are now willing to against the builder before the appropriate forum.
Legal experts say that aggrieved home buyers file a case in RERA first and then approach the RERA Appellate Tribunal and then the high court and then ultimately the Supreme Court if their dispute is not solved.
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The parliament in order to regulate this one of the fastest-growing sectors passed “The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 20164 which came into effect on 1st May 2016.
Incorporation of one-sided clauses in the agreement where the buyer is expected to sign on the dotted lines having no other option would amount to unfair trade practices under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.
It was held that the Consumer Complaint of the appellant is not maintainable as the appellant is not a consumer as per section 2(1) d of the Consumer Protection Act,1986.
The Consumer Protection Act is a wide-ranging provision and it is not a specific resolution like the Insolvency ad Bankruptcy Code and the remedies are simultaneously and mutually exclusive.
Once a voluntary consumer association is registered in the Societies Registration Act, it will be deemed to be a recognized consumer association unless it is a voluntary association of the consumers.
An aggrieved individual has two options: either go to the RERA Tribunal or go to the Consumer Forum & it’s not possible to file a complaint with both the RERA Tribunal and the NCDRC at the same time.
Chandigarh consumer commission coming to the rescue of the homebuyers has been able to restore its faith among homebuyers.
Don’t keep sleeping on your rights as homebuyers because the newly implemented RERA is here to empower you and before time runs out to go grab your rights.
The home buyers have multiple forums to their rescue and it depends on them as to under what procures and act or code they wish to proceed.
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