The Real Estate (Regulation And Development) Act, 2016- A Boon for the Flat Buyers

The parliament in order to regulate this one of the fastest-growing sectors passed “The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 20164 which came into effect on 1st May 2016.

The best time to file a case under RERA is NOW

RERA was implemented to acknowledge and solve discrepancies and issues of home buyers. By establishing rules for the sale of real estate and requiring developers to adhere to certain criteria, it protects the interests of homebuyers.

Corporate Social Responsibility and its Insolvency

In the past few decades, business leaders as well as philosophers came up with a new phenomenon which is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Under CSR Businesses are responsible to the society that exists around them. And under CSR only it becomes their moral duty to safeguard that society and help that society to grow.

Section 8 of RERA: Obligation of Authority consequent upon the lapse of or on the revocation of registration.

Section 8 of the RERA is an essential clause that guarantees the protection of homebuyers’ interests in the event that the registration of a real estate project is canceled or expires.

How to take maximum benefit from RERA as a Homebuyer and as a builder?

RERA was established to do away with project delays, malpractice, and irregularities in norms and increase transparency and accountability from builders and homebuyers both.

Putting Resolution Professionals under the spotlight: The latest IBC Amendments

The resolution professional (RP), appointed under the Code, is at the heart of these endeavors and has the mandate to complete this process in a time-bound manner.

Analysis of the Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process and its advantages as compared to the CIRP

The Pre-Packaged Insolvency Resolution Process (PPIRP) mechanism have helped the MSMEs to a great extent in order to revive their operations as a going concern.

When COC approves a resolution plan it is presumed to be viable and feasible

When a Resolution Plan is approved by the CoC in its commercial wisdom, it has to be presumed that the approval was given to a viable and feasible plan. Once approved, the Tribunal cannot interfere with the commercial wisdom.

Centre Proposes to Submit Model Builder-Buyer Agreement with mandatory RERA clauses before Supreme Court

A builder-buyer agreement with mandatory clauses that the states or union territories cannot change has been proposed to the Supreme Court by the federal government.

Rights of Homebuyers under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

Homebuyers could only engage in the IBC procedure as a class of financial creditor. Individual homebuyer rights were absorbed by homebuyer rights as a class.

An alien concept to the IBC regime is reverse CIRP

Despite the fact that such relief should not have existed, the NCLAT instead attempted an “experiment” to adopt the strange idea of Reverse CIRP, which has no precedent in the Code.

Insolvency and bankruptcy code, 2016- A game changer

For India’s distressed debt, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC) was a game-changing change. It developed a tool to revitalize struggling distressed debtors, heralding a shift from previous resolution and recovery methods.

IBC Does Not Prohibit an Assignee from Continuing Pending Section 7 Proceedings: Judgement by NCLAT Delhi

A person to whom a debt has been properly assigned or transferred is also included in the definition of “Financial Creditor” under Section 5(7) of the IBC.

Supremacy of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

The code has helped the creditors to recover their amount from defunct companies and bring them back to their actual position. IBC was introduced so as to reduce India’s long-standing problem of NPAs.

Whether Agreements/Contracts by Banks are consistent with Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution!

In Banking Industry, the Borrower is not in a position to negotiate the Terms of the Loan Agreement, especially in cases of Home Loans, hence there is inequality of Bargaining power among Home Buyers.