All Home buyers can get relief for delay by builders : Consumer Commission Judgement
National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has issued a judment on Friday where all home buyers of a housing project will automatically be the party to a case filed against the builder irrespective of whether they have filed the case or not (under Section 12 (1) (c) of the Consumer Protection Act).
The failure of the builder/ developer to deliver possession of the flat / plot sold to them and a complaint filed for the benefit of or on behalf of all such consumers and claiming same relief for all of them, would be maintainable under Section 12(1)(c) of Consumer Protection Act.
The interest of the persons on whose behalf the claim is brought must be common or they must have a common grievance which they seek to get addressed. The defect or deficiency in the goods purchased, or ...