Mumbai's Economic Offences Wing has registered a criminal case against BP Gangar Constructions and its directors for allegedly defrauding 102 flat buyers of ₹100 crore in the stalled Sky 31 project in Wadala, with charges including cheating, criminal breach of trust, and RERA violations.

Maharashtra government examines repealing the 1963 MOFA Act as RERA provisions increasingly overlap, sparking debate among developers, housing societies, and homebuyers about regulatory protection and legal clarity.

The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority has removed 22 housing projects from its abeyance list, enabling the resumption of work on approximately 8,856 stalled units across Noida, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, Agra, Meerut, and Hathras following developer compliance with regulatory requirements.

A Central Advisory Council member has questioned the effectiveness of RERA registration, calling for mandatory developer declarations and clearance of all dues before new project approvals to protect homebuyers.

A leading homebuyers' association has urged the Union Housing Ministry to address enforcement gaps in RERA, proposing stricter SOPs to protect buyers from incomplete amenities, defaulting developers, and payment risks.

The NCDRC has ruled that developers must obtain Occupancy Certificates before handing over possession, entitling homebuyers to full refunds with interest if this requirement is violated, marking a major win for consumer protection in India's real estate sector.

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ruled that developers offering possession without an Occupancy Certificate must refund homebuyers with interest, setting a landmark precedent for buyer protection.

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached assets worth over ₹400 crore belonging to a Bengaluru-based developer in a case involving alleged fraud against homebuyers, marking one of Karnataka's largest property sector enforcement actions.

The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority has rejected a Nagpur developer's attempt to deregister the residential portion of its MIHAN-SEZ mixed-use project, ruling that financial non-viability cannot justify abandoning registered project commitments.

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India's Supreme Court has ordered comprehensive reforms to strengthen Real Estate Regulatory Authorities nationwide, mandating enhanced staffing, expert inclusion, and standardized escrow procedures within six months.

India's Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched a unified RERA portal that consolidates real estate project data from all states, promising unprecedented transparency and buyer protection in the property sector.

Lucknow Police transfers 244 out of 293 criminal cases against Ansal Properties to Crime Branch, streamlining investigation into decades-old real estate fraud allegations affecting thousands of homebuyers.

Guntur police arrested a mother-son duo for orchestrating a decade-long real estate fraud involving forged property documents worth crores, with at least eight cases filed across multiple police stations.

UP RERA introduces a new online tool enabling homebuyers to report developers who collect payments through unauthorized accounts, strengthening transparency in real estate transactions.