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Over 7,000 complaints remain pending with MahaRERA

Eight years after its formation in 2017,the state’s real estate regulator, MahaRera, is still grappling with a significant backlog of unresolved complaints. Of 29,374 complaints filed so far, 7,310 remain pending, prompting calls from homebuyers, legal experts, and activists for faster redressal and stricter enforcement of orders. Although MahaRera has resolved 21,888 cases and holds online and offline hearings, the increasing number of unresolved cases has alarmed consumer groups. They stressed the need for appointment of more adjudicating officers and setting up of regional benches to manage the growing caseload. MahaRera has registered over 50,000 real estate projects — the…

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MahaRERA revises project certificate format to provide detailed information to homebuyers

PUNE: In a move to empower homebuyers and enhance transparency, the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has revised its project registration certificates to include critical details about real estate projects in a concise, reader-friendly format. For the first time, the certificate — issued at the time of project registration — includes comprehensive data such as the project’s total built-up area, number and names of buildings and wings, approved habitable floors, total residential and non-residential units, commencement certificate status, and number of parking spaces for four-wheelers, two-wheelers, and visitors. These details, along with the promoter’s and project’s name and address,…

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Mumbai: No relief for six defaulter flat buyers in Chembur project

MUMBAI: In a recent order, MahaRERA granted no relief to six flat purchasers, stating that since they defaulted on payments, they were not entitled to the relief they sought under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act. Of the six flat purchasers, five sought a refund of certain amounts they paid as they wished to withdraw from the residential project in Chembur, and one wanted to continue but sought more time to pay. Godrej Developers terminated their bookings by seeking to forfeit the booking amounts. The allottees challenged the forfeiture and sought a refund under Section 18 of the RERA…

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Bombay HC slams Maharashtra RERA for reluctance to resume hybrid hearings

representative image MUMBAI: Bombay High Court rapped Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) for functioning only through online hearing and its reluctance to return to hybrid hearings. “What is the difficulty in letting parties appear in person? You will know the grievances of a person face-to-face. Here (online) you don’t know…,” said Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale on Wednesday. They were hearing a petition by Kandivli resident Mayur Desai to direct RERA to expeditiously pass the order reserved in March 2024 in execution proceedings. On his Dec 2020 complaint against CCI Projects Pvt Ltd over delayed possession of…

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Over 7,500 cases pending with Maharashtra RERA

MUMBAI: A home buyer from Kandivli who filed a complaint with Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) in July 2023 was called for a hearing only earlier last month. In another instance, home buyers in another Kandivli project are awaiting possession of their homes, despite the Maharashtra Real Estate Appellate Tribunal (MREAT) in 2022 directing the promoter to complete construction that was to start in 2010 within a year, and pay interest to home buyers until possession. Home buyers alleged that not a single brick has been laid in the project till date and allottees have been left in the…