Supreme Court of India

Experion Developers Pvt. Ltd v. Sushma Ashok Shiroor

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Reported as [2022] 5 S.C.R. 590
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ra Vindra Bhat and Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha JJ.
Decided 7 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the Commission is correct in its approach in holding that the clauses of the agreement are one-sided and that the Consumer is not bound to accept the possession of the apartment and can seek refund of the amount deposited by her with interest.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Consumer Protection Act, 1986 – ss. 23, 14 – Failure on part of developer to deliver possession of apartment to the consumer within the time stipulated as per the Apartment Buyers Ag reement – The consumer, against such failure, approached the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission – Commission directed the developer to refund purchase amount interest @ 9% p.a . to the Consumer – Aggrieved developer filed instant appeal – Held: The Commission created under the Consumer Protection Ac t has the power to direct refund of the purchase amount along wi th interest under s.14 of the Act and

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 referred to

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