Nagarjuna Reddy Somula vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.34 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition(s)(Civil) No(s). 1216/2020

ASHWINI KUMAR UPADHYAY Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)

(IA No. 57693/2022 - CLARIFICATION/DIRECTION IA No. 157932/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT IA No. 157928/2021 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 22777/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 157927/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 150788/2021 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 15147/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 15116/2022 - INTERVENTION APPLICATION IA No. 15838/2022 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES) WITH W.P.(C) No. 1226/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 1403/2020 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 175/2021 (X) (FOR ADMISSION) Date : 09-01-2023 These petitions were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA Mr. Devashish Bharuka, Advocate (Amicus Curiae) For Petitioner(s) Mr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey, AOR For Respondent(s) Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mrs. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Durga Dutt, Adv. Digitally signed by Sanjay Kumar Date: 2023.01.10 14:45:26 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

Mr. Mohd. Akhil, Adv. Mr. Amrish Kumar, AOR

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G. Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Ms. Ruchi Kohli, Adv. Mr. Bhuvan Kapoor, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Shrivasatava, Adv. Mr. Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, AOR Mr. Polanki Gowtham, Adv. Mr. K V Girish Chowdary, Adv. Mr. T Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy, Adv. Mr. Shaik Mohammad Haneef, Adv. Ms. Rajeswari Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Niti Richhariya, Adv. Mr. Anand Sanjay M. Nuli, Adv. Mr. Dharm Singh, Adv. Mr. Nanda Kumar K.B., Adv. Mr. Shivaswaroop Gowda, Adv. M/S. Nuli & Nuli, AOR Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pravin Bahadur, Adv. Ms. Seema Sundd, Adv. Ms. Ruby S. Ahuja, Adv. Ms. Akanksha Thapa, Adv. Ms. Kanika Gumber, adv. Mr. Amit Aggrawal, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Kant, adv. Alashya Dhamija, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Ranjan, Adv. Drauhn Garg, Adv. M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Abhimanyu Tewari, AOR Ms. Eliza Bar, Adv. Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Ragini Pandey, Adv. Mr. Avi Srivasatva, Adv. Mr. Manish Kumar, AOR Mr. Sumeer Sodhi, AOR Mr. Gaurav Arora, Adv. Mr. Surjendu Sankar Das, AOR Ms. Annie Mittal, Adv.

Mr. Alok Sangwan, Sr. A.A.G. Mr. Neeraj, A.A.G. Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Adv. Mr. Ankit Raj, Adv. Mr. Vedansh Anand, Adv. Mr. Rudra Paliwal, Adv. Dr. Monika Gusain, AOR Mr. Abhinav Mukerji, AOR Mrs. Bihu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Pratishtha Vij, Adv. Mr. Akshay C. Shrivastava, Adv. Mr. Arunabh Chowdhury, Sr. Adv. Ms. Pallavi Langar, AOR Mr. V. N. Raghupathy, AOR Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, AOR Mrs. Anu K Joy, Adv. Mr. Pashupathi Nath Razdan, AOR Mrs. Rashmi Singhania, Adv. Mr. Sachin Patil, AOR Mr. Avijit Mani Tripathi, AOR Mr. Shaurya Sahay, Adv. Mr. T.k. Nayak, Adv. Mr. Siddhesh Kotwal, Adv. Ms. Ana Upadhyay, Adv. Ms. Manya Hasija, Adv. Mr. Akash Singh, Adv. Mr. Nihar Dharmadhikari, adv. Ms. Sampriti Baksi, adv. Mr. Nirnimesh Dube, AOR Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Ms. Jaspreet Gogia, AOR Dr. Manish Singhvi, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashok Basoya, Adv. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Jha, AOR Mr. Arpit Prakash, Adv. Mr. Vikalp Sharma, Adv. Mr. Sameer Abhyankar, AOR Ms. Nishi Sangtani, Adv. Ms. Yashi Rinchhen, Adv.

Ms. Vani Vandana Chhetri, Adv. Mr. V. Krishnamurthy, A.A.G. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Ms. Nupur Sharma, Adv. Ms. Richa Vishwakarma, Adv. Mr. P Venkat Reddy, Adv. Mr. Prashant Kumar Tyagi, Adv. Mr. P Srinivas Reddy, Adv. M/S. Venkat Palwai Law Associates, AOR Mr. Shuvodeep Roy, AOR Mr. Sai Shashank, Adv. Mr. Kabir Shankar Bose, Adv. Mr. Arnav Singh Deo, Adv. Mr. Deepayan Dutta, Adv. Mr. Devashish Bharuka, AOR Mr. Ankur S. Kulkarni, AOR Mr. Vikram Hegde, AOR Mr. Vinudeep R., Adv. Mr. Sammith S., Adv. Mr. Abhinav Hansaraman, Adv. Mr. B. K. Satija, AOR Mr. Nikhil Majithia, AOR Mr. Mohammed Sadique T.A., AOR Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajesh P., AOR Mr. Manoranjan Sharma, Adv. Mrs. K. Enatoli Sema, Adv. Ms. Limayinla Jamir, Adv. Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Aruneshwar Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Himanshu Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Singh, AOR Mr. Rahul Chitnis, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Mr. Bharat Bagla, Adv.

Ms. Kirti Dadheech, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

• 1 Ms Aishwarya Bhati, Additional Solicitor General and Mr Devashish Bharuka, Amicus Curiae, have placed on the record a compendium comprising of:

  • (i) Part 'A' Clauses of builder-buyer agreements which are proposed to be uniform across the country; and
  • (ii) Part 'B' Clauses of builder-buyer agreements which may be inserted by the States, subject to the condition that they should not be contrary to or dilute the Clauses of Part 'A' and must conform to the provisions of Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016.

• 2 The compendium has been circulated to all the States and to the industry associations, which are represented in the Court.

• 3 We permit the States and the associations, as the case may be, to submit their responses to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on or before 15 February 2023. The suggestions shall be duly taken into account while preparing the final version of Part 'A' which is proposed to be uniform across the country and Part 'B' which would take into account the situational variations in each State.

• 4 The Amicus Curiae also states that three States, namely, Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland have raised certain specific issues which will also be taken into account. Counsel for the State of Maharashtra states that the State shall also submit its suggestions, if any.

• 5 The industry associations are at liberty to furnish their suggestions to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

• 6 List the Petitions on 24 February 2023.

(SANJAY KUMAR-I) (SAROJ KUMARI GAUR) DEPUTY REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR