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Consumer Protection existence and those projects and
Act needs amendment real estate developers who are
I am citizen of India by birth. I not registered with real estate
am approaching to the higher regulatory authority.
authorities and our leaders, A lot of aggrieved citizens,
ministers, judiciary, bureau- consumers, investors, indi-
crats, press-media as media viduals, buyers, companies
plays a crucial role in shaping are there whose hard earned
a healthy democracy as it is the money are at the helm of the
backbone of a democracy and builders/real estate develop-
is like a mirror, which shows us ments companies which have
or strives to show us the bare collected funds by giving false
truth and harsh realities of life promises, statements, mislead-
for a special courts/commission/ ing advertisements, misleading
legal authority only dealing with sales and marketing practices,
real estate disputes/consumer wrong commitments, cheating,
dispute redressal commission/ deficiency in services, wrong
authority in interest of the allotments, changes in plans etc.
citizens, consumers, investors, Some builders/real estate devel-
individuals, companies who had opers are not even responding
bought/invested in commercial to the legal notices or have any
RELATIONS FACE and residential property spaces fear of laws as they have the
money/funds of the citizens
with the builders/real estate
TEST OF THE TIME companies/property brokers/ with them.
I hope you would act on
construction companies/real
estate developers which do not priority on the same so the
With reference to the column Asian Drama titled “India-Russia come under Real estate regula- citizens of India can be at peace
missile deal: Why it was avoidable” by Syed Nooruzzaman
(October 31) tory authority and have taken of mind and confidence in our
India has shown the courage bookings, hard earned money system. In short, an amendment
in Consumer Protection Act
before this regulatory authority
of conviction to sign the S-400 existed. 1986 can take place in interest of
‘Triumf’ missile system deal with I would also like to appreciate the citizens who are consumers/
Russia. That neither Russian that at present we have real es- buyers/investors/commercial
space users/companies against
tate regulatory authority which
President Vladimir Putin nor has improved the real estate the builders, real estate develop-
Prime Minister Narendra Modi transparency, consumers/inves- ers etc. as some times national
consumer dispute redressal
tors/buyers confidence.
referred to it in their press But what about those commission are not admit-
statements should not be cause institutions that are not under ting and dismissing legal cases
for worry. this regulatory authority? I against the builders/real estate
developers saying that buyers/
would suggest that the National
After all, it is a done deal. India Consumer dispute redressal investors/commercial users/
also need not bother much about commissions — be it at district, companies are not consumers
state or national-level — should
karan k aggarwal
possible American sanctions. be made the special regula-
The deal also underscores tory authority courts where the Carbon emission must
the fact that the India-Russia citizens can file their grievances, be curbed at the earliest
legal cases against the real estate
With reference to the editorial “IPCC warning
relationship has stood the test of companies for those projects on global climate change can’t be taken lightly”
by Charanjit Ahuja (October 31)
time. which do not come under real The special report of the Inter-
estate regulatory authority and
CG KuRIAKOSE judgement should be given in governmental Panel on Climate
interest of citizens, consumers, Change, on global warming of
1.5°C over pre-industrial era
investors, companies whosoever levels, can prove to be a blessing
had bought before real estate in disguise for India. As we are
regulatory authority came in
under severe threat, policymak-
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