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“Getting approvals, sanctions, environmental clearance, etc., is the builder’s responsibility. Buyers cannot be made to suffer for these delays,” ruled MahaRERA while directing full refund with interest to homebuyers in the Vardhaman Park project.

Approvals & Clearances Builder’s Duty, Home Buyers Can’t Suffer Delays

“Getting approvals, sanctions, environmental clearance, etc., is the builder’s responsibility. Buyers cannot be made to suffer for these delays,” ruled MahaRERA while directing full refund with interest to homebuyers in the Vardhaman Park project.
MahaRERA rules builder's one-sided termination — issued 4 years after homebuyers' complaint — cannot cancel statutory delay interest rights under RERA while project incomplete, granting interest from Jan 2022 till possession with OC in Ruparel Skygreens I case.

Bombay High Court Empowers Homebuyers: Grants Deemed Conveyance Relief to Society, Reinforcing Flat Owners’ Right Against Builder Delays

Bombay High Court empowers housing societies by ordering deemed conveyance in Kartik Regency case, ruling that builder defaults trigger statutory relief under MOFA — a blueprint for thousands facing non-conveyance issues.
In a key ruling, MahaRERA held that even when an Agreement for Sale is silent on the possession date, the builder must hand over the flat within a reasonable period of three years from the agreement date — failing which, interest is payable for the delay period. The order in the Mauli Omkar project case awarded interest from March 2019 to April 2023 to complainant Sabirali Tufhel Shaikh.

No Possession Date in Agreement? MahaRERA Rules: Builder Must Deliver in 3 Years

In a key ruling, MahaRERA held that even when an Agreement for Sale is silent on the possession date, the builder must hand over the flat within a reasonable period of three years from the agreement date — failing which, interest is payable for the delay period. The order in the Mauli Omkar project case awarded interest from March 2019 to April 2023 to complainant Sabirali Tufhel Shaikh.
MahaREAT has ruled that homebuyers who file civil suits first for possession and interest cannot later file RERA complaints for identical reliefs, dismissing RERA complaints as non-maintainable due to forum shopping.

Individual Agreement Possession Dates Prevail Over Extended RERA Project Timelines for Calculating Delay Interest

A December 2025 MahaRERA order rules that possession dates in individual Agreements for Sale prevail over extended project timelines on the portal, entitling buyers to delay interest under Section 18—even rejecting builders’ COVID-19 extension claims for contracts signed post-pandemic.