Supreme Court of India

Bikram Chatterji & Ors v. Union of India & Ors.

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Reported as [2019] 9 S.C.R. 289
Bench Arun Mishra and Uday Umesh Lalit JJ.
Decided 23 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Noida and Greater Noida Authorities shall have no right to sell the flats of the home buyers or the land leased out for the realization of their dues.

Judgment, page 295

From the headnote

Housing: Housing projects – By a Group of companies – Proposing to construct approximately 42,000 flats – The projects were r egistered under RERA – Booking of flats by various home-buyers duri ng the years 2010-2014 – Standard Form of Allotment-cum-Fl at Buyers Agreement stated that delivery of possession within 36 months – Builder got the land from Noida and Greater Noida Authorities o n paying 10% of the land price – Builders also took loa ns from the Banks for the project on mortgaging the land with t he Banks – Home-buyers paid the amount from 50% to 100% abiding by the payment schedule

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