Category: Complaints/Letter to Editor

MahaRERA Tightens Real Estate Advertising Rules, Makes Disclosure Norms Mandatory

MahaRERA Orders Refund of Clubhouse Charges After Six-Year Delay

August 1, 2026

A promised amenity is not merely a marketing feature—it is a contractual commitment. Reinforcing the rights of homebuyers, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has ruled that developers cannot indefinitely retain money collected for facilities that remain unbuilt. The order underscores that buyers are entitled to seek a refund when a promised amenity is […]

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Powai SRA Project Clears Major Hurdle After BMC Approves Tree Removal Plan

Balancing Redevelopment with Environmental Responsibility Urban redevelopment in Mumbai is increasingly becoming a test of how infrastructure expansion can coexist with environmental conservation. The latest approval granted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Tree Authority for a major Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project in Powai reflects this delicate balance, combining large-scale rehabilitation with regulated environmental […]

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Rental Rights Under Scrutiny

July 27, 2026

India’s rapidly evolving rental housing market continues to expose the gap between legal rights and on-ground practices. A recent dispute involving an alleged forfeiture of a ₹55,000 security deposit after a landlord discovered a tenant was living with her unmarried partner has once again brought rental agreements, tenant privacy and deposit protection into sharp focus. […]

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SRA tightens scrutiny on rehab buildings without OC

May 27, 2026

Mumbai’s Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has launched a major enforcement drive against rehabilitation buildings functioning without Occupancy Certificates (OC), exposing a serious compliance gap within the city’s redevelopment sector. As per SRA data, 219 rehabilitation buildings spread across Mumbai’s 24 administrative wards have been handed over to eligible slum residents despite lacking mandatory Occupancy Certificates. […]

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Can Homebuyers Claim Brokerage Refund After Cancelling a Flat Booking?

May 19, 2026

The ruling highlights a growing reality in India’s housing market — cancellation disputes are no longer limited to builders alone, but increasingly involve brokerage accountability and transaction transparency. The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has clarified an important issue impacting homebuyers and real estate agents across the state — whether brokerage paid during a […]

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Air India Building Deal Signals Strategic Shift in Mumbai’s Administrative Core

May 2, 2026

The Maharashtra government’s move to acquire the iconic Air India building is more than a routine real estate transaction—it reflects a calculated shift in how the state is planning its administrative future. With ₹1,600 crore already transferred by the Finance Department to the Public Works Department, the process has clearly entered its final stage. The […]

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No judicial relief, Ahuja Constructions directors were detained in the cheque-bouncing case.

June 13, 2022

Following their conviction in a cheque-bouncing case in March 2021, the city crime branch arrested two directors of Mumbai-based Ahuja Constructions, 71-year-old builder Jagdish Bhagwandas Ahuja and his son Gautam Ahuja (42), on Friday. Because of the pandemic scenario at the time, no measures were taken to imprison them. They did not contest their conviction. […]

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According to the court, even though CHS has a panel, the builder is responsible for shoddy construction.

August 27, 2021

A session’s court decided in favour of a Bhandup CHS and affirmed a lower court judgment on a complaint against the builder for inadequate building, observing that simply because a society’s operations are handled by committee members, a builder cannot exonerate himself in case of bad construction. The magistrate had properly noted, according to the […]

According to the court, even though CHS has a panel, the builder is responsible for shoddy construction.more

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.

January 29, 2020

Dewan Housing Finance Ltd (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, 46 years old, has been arrested and brought before the specified PMLA court by the Enforce Directorate (ED), under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and held under the custody of the ED until 29 January 2020. The court accepted the Agency’s claim that Wadhawan’s remand […]

Crisis of the DHFL: ED arrests CMD Kapil Wadhawan under money laundering case, suspected to be in contact with Iqbal Mirchi.more

NCDRC upholds police for failure to issue warrants to the partners of KDS Infra Buildcons.

January 22, 2020

In view of the inability of the police to provide non-bailable warrants to the three partners of Kondhwa-based real estate company (Pune) KDS Infra Buildcons for non-compliance of its order, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) took a strong note of it. In the four years, total, 132 home buyers — mainly retired Ammunition […]

NCDRC upholds police for failure to issue warrants to the partners of KDS Infra Buildcons.more