RERA Cases Monthly Digest: April 2024

Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MahaREAT/Tribunal) bench, comprising of Justice Shri Shriram R. Jagtap (Judicial Member) and Dr. K. Shivaji (Technical Member), has granted interest to homebuyer for delayed possession by rejecting the builder's contention of late approval of Occupation Certificate due to internal disputes between Maharashtra Housing and Development Authority (MHADA) and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) regarding the issuance of approvals. Read More>>

Government Employee Staying In Rent-Free Accommodation Allotted To Retired Government Servant Father Cannot Claim HRA : Supreme Court

"The appellant being a Government employee, could not have claimed HRA while sharing rent-free accommodation allotted to his father, a retired Government servant. There is no infirmity in the impugned orders warranting interference". Read More>>

CJI DY Chandrachud To Attend 'J20'- Summit Of Heads Of Apex Courts Of G20 Members - In Brazil

Chief Justice of India Dr. DY Chandrachud has been invited to attend 'J20' a summit of Heads of Supreme Courts and Constitutional Courts of all the G20 members. The J20 summit is being organised by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court in light of Brazil's presidency of G20 2024. Read More>>

Govt Can Take Decision For Continuation Of Commission Probing Gurugam Land Scam Involving Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda: High Court

Justice Anil Kshetrapal said that, "When the Commission has not ceased to exist, it can be revived by the appropriate Government for the fulfilment of its purpose, as it will be in consonance with the spirit of the provisions of the Act (the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952)." Read More>>

Prima Facie Harmful To Secular Structure Of Country: Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of Allegedly Defamatory Posts Calling For Boycott Against Malabar Gold

The court remarked that the quote by Martin Luther King Jr. is squarely applicable to the present case – “Darkness cannot drive out darkness...only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate and only love can do that…”. Read More>>