https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761615 The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 applies to ongoing real estate projects that had not received a completion certificate when the Act commenced; a completed project with an earlier completion certificate falls outside the statutory regime, so a complaint under the Act is not maintainable and the authority lacks jurisdiction. The proviso to section 71(1), which allows withdrawal of a pending consumer complaint to approach the adjudicating officer, is only procedural and cannot create substantive jurisdiction where the Act itself does not apply. A completed project therefore cannot be brought within the Act merely by shifting from the consumer forum. en-us Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:26:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761615 The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 applies to ongoing real estate projects that had not received a completion certificate when the Act commenced; a completed project with an earlier completion certificate falls outside the statutory regime, so a complaint under the Act is not maintainable and the authority lacks jurisdiction. The proviso to section 71(1), which allows withdrawal of a pending consumer complaint to approach the adjudicating officer, is only procedural and cannot create substantive jurisdiction where the Act itself does not apply. A completed project therefore cannot be brought within the Act merely by shifting from the consumer forum. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=761615