Topic
The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 requires real estate projects to be registered with a state regulatory authority and gives homebuyers remedies, including refunds with interest, for delayed possession.
8 storiesLatest 26 Sept 2026, 23:07 IST
Courts/
In Newtech Promoters (11 Nov 2021), the Supreme Court held Section 18 RERA gives a delayed-possession homebuyer an unqualified, unconditional right to a refund with prescribed interest.
Enforcement
Six different machines act on builder fraud in India, and they do different jobs: RERA refunds, consumer compensation, police prosecution, CBI conspiracy cases, ED attachment, and insolvency completion. Most stuck buyers use the wrong one first. Here is the map, drawn from the cases on record.
Enforcement
Lucknow is where India's builder-fraud enforcement has reached the stage every victim actually cares about: giving money back. A special PMLA court has invited investors in one of UP's biggest real-estate cases to prove their claims against attached properties. Here is the record, and what claimants need.
Enforcement
The Supreme Court has vested Amrapali's projects in a court receiver and appointed NBCC to finish 42,000 flats, while it directs an ED money-laundering probe, per its orders in Writ Petition 940 of 2017.
Enforcement
UP RERA de-registered two Ansal API pockets at Sushant Golf City under Section 7, recording 'diversion and siphoning of funds', as NCLT insolvency runs in parallel.
Courts
The Supreme Court's 2019 Pioneer Urban ruling made homebuyers financial creditors under Section 5(8)(f) of the IBC. Read what the judgement held and what it means for buyers and NRIs.
Courts
The Supreme Court's 7 April 2022 Experion Developers ruling confirms a delayed homebuyer's right under Section 18 RERA to a full refund with 9% interest, striking down one-sided builder clauses.
Courts
In Imperia Structures v. Anil Patni (AIR 2021 SC 70), the Supreme Court held a delayed-flat buyer may use both RERA and the consumer courts. Here is what the 2 November 2020 judgement means for you.
