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Builder liable to compensate buyer for delay: Delhi Court

Postby webmaster » Sun Feb 28, 2016 11:15 am

Builders cannot demand hidden charges which are not part of their contract with buyers and are liable to pay compensation for delaying delivery of property, a Delhi court said on Tuesday, after observing that they are “not holy cows” who cannot be questioned by their customers.

Holding that builders cannot levy any additional charges without any justification, the court said they were adopting tactics to achieve their illegal purposes and arm-twist the buyers to extort more money by raising the cost price or levying additional charges which do not form part of the original contract.

Additional District Judge Kamini Lau made the observations while directing real-estate major TDI Infrastructure Ltd to withdraw its demands for overdue and other charges and hand over a plot’s possession booked by two brothers in the firm’s project in Sonepat within two months.

“Unless these hidden/extra charges form an essential part of the contract within the knowledge of customer, the builder cannot charge the same without offering any justification...

“A builder cannot take shelter by wrongly terming the internal dispute as a force majeure, as the defendant (firm) is attempting to do, and plaintiffs (brothers) are well within their rights to demand delivery of actual physical possession within the stipulated time or else the builder would be liable to compensate purchasers for financial and physical sufferings caused to them,” the court said and restrained the firm from cancelling the allotment of the plot.
It added that any builder who delays handing over plots or buildings to buyers on one pretext or the other by creating artificial claims, commits a civil misconduct and can be made liable to pay damages to the buyer.

“The defendants who are the builders are not holy cows whose conduct cannot be questioned by their clients,” it said.
The judge noted that, of late, there has been a spurt in litigations where prospective house owners have been compelled to rush to courts while trying to grapple with the “incorrigible attitude” of builders whose sole intention is to make money at any cost, cheating gullible customers.

The court passed the order in a civil suit filed by Central Delhi residents Rajesh and Manoj Mittal, who had booked a plot in TDI City in Haryana’s Sonepat in January 2006. They were asked to pay Rs 42.7 lakh by the builder, out of which they had already paid Rs 38.8 lakh.

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Re: Builder liable to compensate buyer for delay: Delhi Court

Postby rajni » Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:11 pm

Finally some justice and sense such builders shall be penalised. Let's aim to make BPTP aware of their fraud and how much pain and stress it has caused to all the buyers
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Re: Builder liable to compensate buyer for delay: Delhi Court

Postby nirbhay3486 » Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:59 am

Hi,

If you can help us understand how does an buyer know what is wrong or what is right. I have brought 1 floor in RPS Palms project. Now our builder is charging additional amount and giving number of explanation to us

1. ECC /ICC - Rs. 92.12 / per sq fit
2. Water Supply - 28.69 / per sq fit
3. STP - Rs. 10.25 / per sq fit
4. IFMS - Rs 50 / per sq fit
5. Power Backup char - Rs. 22,000/- per KVA
6. Meter Charges - RS. 17,500/-
7. Electricity Consumer Security - Rs. 9,660/-
8. Electricity prepaid coupon - Rs. 50,000/-

Now builder says that ECC / ICC charge is because of distance is far from sub station, now they are asking approx 5.5 lac money

Now we don't know what is right what is wrong in this calculation
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