The Supreme Court held that an allottee facing delayed possession is entitled to a refund with the agreed rate of interest, but cannot also recover the interest paid on a personal home loan. The contractual interest already compensates for every consequence of the delay, so stacking a separate loan-interest award amounts to impermissible double recovery.
Valkya Editorial··6 min
TribunalUttar Pradesh Real Estate Appellate Tribunal
The UP Real Estate Appellate Tribunal held that a temporary occupation certificate is not an occupancy certificate under RERA, so a developer cannot use it to force possession on a buyer of a long-delayed flat. The allottee was held entitled to refund of his deposit with interest at MCLR plus one percent.