Supreme Court of India

Samruddhi Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Mumbai Mahalaxmi Construction Pvt. Ltd.

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Reported as [2022] 2 S.C.R. 376
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and A. S. Bopanna JJ.
Decided 11 January 2022

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal against the order of the NCDRC dated 3 December 2018 and hold that the complaint is maintainable.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – ss.2(1)(d), 2(1)(g) and 24 – Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Pr omotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 – ss. 3,6 – Respondent made constructions and entered into agr eements to sell flats with individual purchasers – Appellant i s a co-operative housing society – Members of the appellant booked t he flats in 1993 and were granted possession in 1997 – Respondent fa iled to take steps to obtain occupation certificate from municipal aut horities – In absence of occupation certificate, individual fl at owners were not

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