Builder Pockets 90% of Your Money,Then Cancels Your Flat — Tribunal Says: Not on Our Watch

A Mira Road builder collected over ₹28 lakh from a homebuyer across four years, never once executed an Agreement for Sale, then cancelled his flat for “non-payment.” The Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal wasn’t buying it — and delivered one of the most comprehensive homebuyer-friendly rulings in recent memory.

MahaRERA Told Homebuyers to Cooperate. Tribunal Tells Builder to Pay Up

The Rais booked a flat in 2013, paid ₹79 lakh, and were promised possession by December 2017. What followed was a developer collapse, a project takeover, a majority consent exercise they never agreed to — and a regulator that told them to cooperate. The tribunal disagreed.

Homebuyers Can Challenge Only Unfavourable RERA Parts & Recover Simultaneously

In a major relief for homebuyers, MREAT has held that allottees can challenge only the unfavourable portions of a RERA order while simultaneously initiating recovery proceedings against the promoter. The Tribunal rejected the builder’s stay plea and imposed costs.

Builder Fails in Redevelopment, Homebuyers Lose Flats — and Society Walks Free, Says Tribunal

Eight Mumbai families paid crores for flats in a redevelopment gone wrong. The builder failed, the society moved on — and the Tribunal said the society owes them nothing.

MahaRERA Order Overturned: Homebuyers Win Delay Interest from CCI Projects in Rivali Park’s Winter Green Project

In a major win for homebuyers, the Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal has directed CCI Projects to pay delay interest at SBI MCLR + 2% to two allottees in the Rivali Park Winter Green project, setting aside the MahaRERA order that had rejected their compensation claim. The Tribunal ruled that unilateral extensions of possession dates by the promoter are invalid and that buyers do not waive their rights by continuing payments.