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Pioneer Urban Land & Infrastructure Ltd. v. Govindan Raghavan

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Reported as [2019] 5 S.C.R. 1169
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and Indu Malhotra JJ.
Decided 2 April 2019

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above discussion, we have no hesitation in holding that the terms of the Apartment Buyer’s Agreement dated 08.05.2012 were wholly one-sided and unfair to the Respondent – Flat P urchaser.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – s.23 – Deficiency of serv ice – Appellant-Builder launched a residential project and respondent - flat purchaser entered into an Apartment Buyer’s ag reement to purchase an apartment in the said project for a tot al sale consideration of Rs.4,83,25,280/- – As per agreement, the ap pellant was to apply for the occupancy certificate within 39 months from the date of excavation with grace period of 180 days – However, Appellant-builder failed to apply for occupancy cer tificate as per agreement – Consumer complaint filed before the Nat ional Commission – During

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 5 relied on · 3 referred to · 3 mentioned

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