https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278945 The Supreme Court of India held that the Director's powers under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 and Rules, 1976 were limited to regulating licensed development and enforcing statutory obligations, not rewriting private contracts between colonizers and plot buyers. It ruled that the Director had no authority to prohibit extension fee clauses, stop transfers or nomination of transferees before conveyance, or bar separate maintenance charges where such terms arose from the parties' agreement. The impugned directions and the High Court's affirmance were therefore unsustainable, and the regulatory action was ultra vires. en-us Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:49:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278945 The Supreme Court of India held that the Director's powers under the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 and Rules, 1976 were limited to regulating licensed development and enforcing statutory obligations, not rewriting private contracts between colonizers and plot buyers. It ruled that the Director had no authority to prohibit extension fee clauses, stop transfers or nomination of transferees before conveyance, or bar separate maintenance charges where such terms arose from the parties' agreement. The impugned directions and the High Court's affirmance were therefore unsustainable, and the regulatory action was ultra vires. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=278945