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Prior to the enactment of RERA, developers often unilaterally added and altered or modified the sanctioned plan, layout plan, and specifications of the building or common areas in an ongoing real estate project.

From an optimistic future outlook, the Indian real estate market appears bright. According to a Concorde analysis, the real estate industry is expected to develop at a robust 9.2% CAGR...

The Registration (Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2023 ("Amendment") introduces significant safeguards in the registration process of immovable property in Maharashtra.

The question before the Court was whether consideration paid by flat buyers to a builder/promoter/developer for acquiring a flat being constructed in a complex could attract service tax...

This has been done in order to prevent hoarding of residential as well as commercial properties.

The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India recently in its judgment in the matter of Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL) held that mortgagees of the Corporate Debtor are not financial creditors...

In a recent Order passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (“NCDRC”) in Prem Prakash Rajpurohit vs M/s Ansal Hi-Tech Township Ltd., dated 08 April 2026, NCDRC determined...

It has been observed on multiple occasions that the common man has been subjected to arbitrary investigation procedures by the police authorities.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) was originally built as a monolithic architecture. Its primary mandate was clear: when a company defaults, the entirety of its corporate entity must be pulled into the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP). While this unified entity approach worked seamlessly for manufacturing units or simple corporate structures, its application to the real estate sector triggered catastrophic systemic failures. In real estate, a single developer frequently manages dozens of independent housing projects across varying stages of lifecycle, funding, and construction.

The intersection of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) and sector-specific regulatory regimes continues to generate significant jurisprudential debate, particularly concerning the scope and effect...

In a recent judgment, the Hon'ble Supreme Court ("SC") has refused to grant pendente-lite interest to an aggrieved party despite holding that such party was entitled to refund...

In line with the announcements in the Finance Minister’s budget speech for 2014, the Union Cabinet proposed certain relaxations for Foreign Direct Investment in ‘construction-development sector’.

The lack of transparency and inefficiency in the real estate sector has created a demand for the proper vigilance mechanism. To address this concern, the Government of India brought a change...

In Indian real estate practice, there is a widely-held belief that once a sale deed is registered, the transaction is complete and the buyer acquires the absolute, title to the property.

The object and purpose of the Registration Act, 1908 ("the Act") amongst other things, is to provide a method of public registration of documents so as to give information to people ...

The Hon'ble Supreme Court in a landmark judgment dated November 02, 2020 in the case of M/s Imperia Structures Ltd v Anil Patni & Another held that the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act does not restrict the jurisdiction granted ...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently rationalised the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) framework and notified the amendments to the existing ECB vide the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing and Lending) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2026 (Amendment Regulations).