Ansal Crown Heights Flat Buyers Association (Regd. ) vs Ansal Crown Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd.

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2024 Supreme(SC) 134

ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Ansal Crown Heights Flat Buyers Association (Regd. ) – Appellant
Versus
Ansal Crown Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Bishwajit Bhattacharyya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chandrachur Bhattacharyya, Adv. Mr. Sahil Tagotra, AOR Ms. Abhivyakti Banerjee, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Nikhil Nayyar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Dhananjay Baijah, Adv. Mr. Karan Batura, AOR Mr. Vikas Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Jayant Chawla, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, AOR Mr. Pradeep Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Lal Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Umesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Arjun Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Bhaskar Aditya, Adv. Mr. Sahil Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vishal Singh, Adv. Mr./Ms. Sejal Jain, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, Adv. Ms. Preeti Kashyap, Adv. Mr. Ankit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Varun Pandit, Adv. Mr. Rishabh Arora, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

ABHAY S. OKA, J.

1. The impugned orders in these appeals are more or less identical. Therefore, we are making a reference to the factual aspects in Civil Appeal Nos. 4480-4481 of 2023. In a complaint filed by the homebuyers before the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (for short ‘the National Commission’) an order was made by the National Commission directing the Developer to complete the project in all respects and handover the possession of the allotted flats/apartments to the members of the Association of the homebuyers within the time specified. In the said order, a direction was issued giving an option to the homebuyers, which reads thus:

“.....(vi) If the Members of the Complainant Association are not interested to wait any more for taking possession of the allotted Apartment and they want refund of the their deposited amount, the Opposite Party Developer shall refund the entire deposited amount along with interest @ 9% p.a. from the respective date of deposit till payment, within a period of six weeks from today failing which the amount shall carry interest @ 12% p.a. for the said period. The Allottees shall also be entitled for a sum of Rs. 25,000/- as

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2024 Supreme(SC) 134

ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYANAnsal Crown Heights Flat Buyers Association (Regd. ) – AppellantVersusAnsal Crown Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent

Cases Referred (3)

ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Ansal Crown Heights Flat Buyers Association (Regd. ) – Appellant
Versus
Ansal Crown Infrabuild Pvt. Ltd. – Respondent